Acipenser sinensis is a national first-class protected animal, and it is illegal to eat it. According to the law, eating Chinese sturgeon is punishable by fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years. Chinese sturgeon is a state-level protected animal, so it is illegal to eat a state-level protected animal. Not only can wild animals not be killed, but also national first-class protected animals cultivated artificially can not be killed, and the heavy sentence may be ten years in prison. ?

The life cycle of Chinese sturgeon is long, and the longest life span can reach 40 years. It is a first-class protected wild animal in China, and it is also a living fossil, known as the "giant panda in the water". China, Japan, Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Korea. ?

Life habits of Chinese sturgeon

Acipenser sinensis has its own unique living habits. It is a typical migratory fish that can survive both salt water and fresh water. Male Chinese sturgeon grows to be over 9 years old, with a body length of 1.7 m and a weight of over 50 kg, while female Chinese sturgeon grows to be over 14 years old, with a body length of 2.3 m and a weight of over 120 kg, and can have children after reaching the first sexual maturity.

Every summer and autumn, groups of Chinese sturgeons swim back to the Yangtze River from the shallow waters outside the Yangtze River estuary, and after more than 3,000 kilometers of upstream fighting, they return to their "hometown" Jinsha River to lay eggs and breed. After delivery, when the young fish grow up to about 15cm, these "wanderers" take their children downstream and live overseas.