Giant fish over a meter long gather in the Yangtze River after China's 10-year fishing ban. After China's decade-long fishing ban on the Yangtze, waters near Chizhou in Anhui province are now teeming with massive fish over one meter long. Schools of giant fish leap and churn in the current, a vivid sign of the river's recovering ecosystem. Ten years of protection is truly paying off. 🐟🌊✨ #YangtzeRiver# #FishingBan# #Ecology# #Wildlife# #ChinaEnvironment# #RiverRestoration# #Chinayouth# By Wang Xinyuan, Liu Yue(intern) / China Youth Daily Source: Visual Chizhou｜Rao Yi ，Kanjiananhui (Douyin)

Thousands of fishing boats set sail from Zhoushan in east China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday after a three-month summer fishing ban in the East China Sea. The opening of the fishing season was delayed from the originally scheduled August 5 due to Typhoon Dolphin.

Billions of pounds of Alaska pollock are caught each year to supply McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, fish sticks and imitation crab. But the nets also catch salmon and other marine life. Along the Yukon, Indigenous communities face a seven-year Chinook fishing ban as depleted runs struggle to recover. Scientists point to changing ocean conditions as a major driver, while critics say bycatch is one source managers can control. The issue has spilled into Alaska’s Senate and governor races.