I remember not long ago, a netizen came to Qinghai to play, got off the net near Qinghai Lake, caught yellow croaker and posted the video online. Although the fish was finally released, it was summoned by the relevant departments. So remind friends again, come to Qinghai to play, and don't catch fish near Qinghai Lake at will.
Why do Qinghai people work so hard to protect it? That's because Qinghai people have a special feeling for Huangyu, not only because it is a rare fish unique to Qinghai, but more importantly, because it has saved the lives of Qinghai people and is a life-saving fish of Qinghai people, so many Qinghai people are full of nostalgia when they mention Huangyu.
Yellow croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea) in Qinghai, commonly known as yellow croaker, flower fish, barracuda and scaleless fish, belongs to Cypriniformes. In fact, the scientific name of yellow croaker is Platts, which comes from a Russian officer, PuGerval. Later, because it belongs to CYPRINIDAE and has no scales, it is produced in the water system of Qinghai Lake, so the scientific name of Huangyu was changed to Qinghai Lake naked carp. Yellow croaker is a unique fish in Qinghai Lake. Some friends may say that there are yellow croaker in many places in Qinghai. They are actually right. There are yellow croaker in many places in Qinghai, but not all the yellow croaker grown in many rivers and lakes in Qinghai are naked carp in Qinghai Lake. In Qinghai, in addition to the naked carp in Qinghai Lake, there are also naked carp in Ganzi River distributed in Qinghai Lake and its affiliated rivers, naked carp in spotted catfish distributed in Yeling Lake, Zhaling Lake and nearby rivers, and naked carp in Qilian Mountain. And that's about what you saw.
From March to July every year, thousands of yellow croaker flock upstream and enter the rivers of Qinghai Lake to lay eggs. Among them, Buha River, Liusha River, Quanji River, Heima River and Hargill River are the main rivers for yellow croaker migration. In recent years, CCTV's popular documentary about yellow croaker migration was also filmed near these rivers. It is really helpless for yellow croaker to travel long distances to lay eggs, because Qinghai Lake with high salinity inhibits the normal development of its gonads and cannot complete the sacred mission of carrying on the family line. From these fish, we can all feel the greatness of maternal love.
So why is Qinghai yellow croaker a life-saving fish for Qinghai people? This story begins with three years of natural disasters. 1960 to 1962 natural disasters in the past three years are very strange to many young people. My father was born in 1960. In my grandmother's words, if there were no Huangyu in Qinghai Lake, my father might not live in any era. Yes, it is because of Qinghai Lake and Huangyu that many Qinghai people survived that difficult time. Anyone who has experienced that hard time knows that three years of natural disasters are extremely difficult for the people of the whole country. With the government issuing the self-help order of "hunting mountains and fishing for water", tens of thousands of people have entered the area around the lake to fish day and night. State-owned fishing grounds, fishing teams organized by various units in the province, farmers who spontaneously fished around, and even fishermen from Gansu and Shaanxi, the whole lake area is full of dark fishermen, and the scene is spectacular.
Looking back on all this today, we really want to thank God for giving Qinghai a big lake with so many yellow croaker! In order to fish in Qinghai Lake, the state has set up five state-run fishing grounds (sub-farms) around Qinghai Lake, with about 2,000 people. They are: Heimahe Fishing Ground, Jiangxi Gou Fishing Ground, Buhahe Fishing Ground, Shatuo Fishing Ground and Tiebucha Fishing Ground. At that time, Qinghai Lake was very rich in fish resources, and tens of thousands of catties of yellow croaker could be harvested with one net, which was equivalent to four or five trucks of yellow croaker. According to incomplete statistics, during the natural disasters from 1960 to 1962, Qinghai * * caught 72,900 tons of yellow croaker. According to the average population of Qinghai in the past three years of 22 1000, Qinghai people have eaten 66 Jin of yellow croaker in the past three years, which does not include the uncountable folk catch. A person weighs 66 pounds of yellow croaker. You can think about how many Qinghai people have been saved by yellow croaker!
In the 1990s, with people's excessive illegal fishing and the slow growth of yellow croaker itself, there were fewer and fewer yellow croaker in Qinghai Lake. Everyone in Qinghai knows that yellow croaker is delicious because its growth rate is extremely slow, and it can only grow for one or two years. If you are lucky enough to see a 2 kg yellow croaker, congratulations, it has been growing for at least 20 years.
With the improvement of people's living standards, people's awareness of ecological protection is getting stronger and stronger. In order to protect the life-saving fish of Qinghai people, the relevant departments of Qinghai Province have relocated many villages around Qinghai Lake, promulgated many laws and regulations, and set up special departments and teams to protect the Huangyu of Qinghai Lake. So today, we can still see this beautiful creature in Qinghai Lake. At that time, it saved the people of Qinghai with its own life. Today, we should know how to repay our kindness and protect our life-saving fish.
Fortunately, with the popularity of CCTV's "Huangyu Migration" program, Qinghai Huangyu, an elf, has gone out of Qinghai and gone to the world. Watching the migration of Huangyu has become one of the purposes for many people to travel to Qinghai. Qinghai Lake is the kidney of the plateau, breathing the breath of life. It nourishes the surrounding grasslands and allows countless creatures to live freely here. What we humans should do today is to protect this beautiful home and protect these creatures. Only when people live in harmony with nature can we be happier!