Breakthrough in species preservation: Third-generation Chinese sturgeon reach release size

Date: 2026-02-25

The "giant pandas of the water" are ready to go home. Now two months old, the Chinese sturgeon fry at the Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center have reached 17 cm — the ideal size for release. As China's first batch of fully artificially bred third-generation (F3) Chinese sturgeon, their birth proves that F2 sturgeon can mature and reproduce in captivity, marking a breakthrough in the species' preservation.

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