Zhongqing Online Shanghai August 12 (China Youth Daily? Zhongqing Online Trainee Reporter Chong Li Reporter Wang Lin Yang Jie) The Chinese sturgeon has the title of "the fish king of the Yangtze River" and a living fossil, and is a national first-class protected animal. But for a long time, there has been a saying on the Internet and among the people that "artificially cultured Chinese sturgeon can be eaten". Then, can the artificially bred "Chinese sturgeon" be eaten? On August 12, the interview team of "Great Rivers Running-Report from the Yangtze River Economic Belt" came to the sturgeon nature reserve in the Yangtze River estuary of Shanghai and interviewed Liu Jian, director of the reserve management department.

According to Liu Jian, the Chinese sturgeon is a national first-class protected animal, and it cannot be produced or operated, let alone eaten. He said that the "Chinese sturgeon" mentioned by many merchants is actually a hybrid sturgeon. "There are 27 species of sturgeon in the world, most of which are first-class and second-class protected animals. Only one species of sturgeon can be used for food when it has legal documents." According to Liu Jian, the most direct way to distinguish between Chinese sturgeon and hybrid sturgeon is to judge from the snout of the sturgeon. The snout of the real Chinese sturgeon is round, while that of the hybrid sturgeon is slightly pointed and slightly upturned. He called on everyone to abide by national laws and establish a sense of protection for precious animals such as Chinese sturgeon.