The Yellow River mullet, also known as the Yellow River swordfish, is one of the most famous migratory fish in the history of the Yellow River, and the Yellow River estuary is its main habitat.

Yearly in spring, from March to April, the Yellow River mullet from the Yellow River estuary upstream to Dongping Lake to spawn, the 1980s survey records show that the Yellow River mullet can be upstream as far as the Yiluo River. After the eggs are hatched and fattened in Dongping Lake or the Yellow River channel, the mullet then travels downstream along the Yellow River to the Bohai Sea for growth and overwintering.

Since the 1990s, the Yellow River mullet resources have been decreasing due to the impact of the Yellow River runoff and the impact of artificial fishing, and there is no record of catch at the beginning of this century.

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Yellow River mullet live in the Yellow River estuary:

The reporter learned from the Yellow River Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources that technicians recently found an adult Yellow River mullet live in the offshore waters of the Yellow River estuary.

According to the introduction, recently the Yellow River Conservancy Commission found an adult Yellow River mullet alive in the current flow of the Yellow River estuary at the junction of the Yellow River estuary in the course of the survey of fish biodiversity in the section from Lijin to Xihekou. This is the first time in the 21st century that a live Yellow River mullet was found in the Yellow River estuary, which marks the further improvement of the ecological environment of the Yellow River estuary.

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