Legal analysis: ACIPENSER sinensis is a first-class protected animal in China. Article 9 of the China Municipal People's Congress and the Constitution of China stipulates that the state protects precious animals and plants; The Law on the Protection of Wild Animals lists Chinese sturgeon as a class of protected animals and makes detailed provisions on the protection of wild animals. The Environmental Protection Law also clearly stipulates that in order to effectively crack down on and punish the illegal activities of hunting and smuggling Chinese sturgeon, the Supplementary Criminal Law passed by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) 1987 further emphasizes that the illegal activities of smuggling and hunting Chinese sturgeon will be severely punished, with imprisonment of more than 10 years, fines and confiscation of property, and life imprisonment and serious cases.

Legal basis: Article 341 of the Criminal Law: Anyone who illegally hunts or kills rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection, or illegally buys, transports or sells rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection and their products shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years and shall also be fined or confiscated. Whoever, in violation of hunting laws and regulations, hunts in a no-hunting area or during a no-hunting period or uses prohibited tools and methods to destroy wildlife resources, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or a fine.