我國(guó)多尾中華鱘疑因旅游區(qū)施工死亡

Construction at a Chinese eco tourism zone is believed to have caused the death of critically endangered Chinese sturgeon.

據(jù)悉，中國(guó)一座生態(tài)旅游區(qū)的建設(shè)已導(dǎo)致多尾極度瀕危的中華鱘死亡。

A news site said the deaths were "directly linked to the shocks, noises and changes of water sources".

一家新聞網(wǎng)站報(bào)道稱(chēng)，此次中華鱘死亡事件與“震動(dòng)、噪聲及水源條件變化直接相關(guān)”。

All work has been halted while investigations are carried out.

相關(guān)調(diào)查正在進(jìn)行中，所有施工都已停止。

The Chinese sturgeon species dates back more than 140 million years. Individual fish can grow to up to 5m (16ft) in length and can live for up to 60 years, but will only spawn a few times during their life.

中華鱘的種類(lèi)可以追溯到逾1.4億年前。單只魚(yú)的長(zhǎng)度最長(zhǎng)可達(dá)5米(16英尺)，可以存活60年，但在其一生中只會(huì)產(chǎn)卵幾次。

The species is on the brink of extinction in the wild because of pollution, overfishing -- fortheir meat and roe, sold as caviar -- and environmental changes like the vast hydroelectric dams which span the Yangtze, blocking access to their spawning sites.

由于污染、過(guò)度捕撈(因?yàn)槠漪~(yú)肉和可作為魚(yú)子醬出售的卵)，以及環(huán)境變化，如跨越長(zhǎng)江的大型水電大壩阻止其進(jìn)入產(chǎn)卵地，這個(gè)物種在野外已瀕臨滅絕。

China launched a breeding programme in the 1970s to save the species and there are now thought to be about 1,000 adult fish in the country.

中國(guó)在20世紀(jì)70年代啟動(dòng)了一項(xiàng)育種計(jì)劃以拯救該物種，現(xiàn)在全國(guó)約有1000尾成魚(yú)。

The fish are known to be very sensitive to noise and disruption and news site thepaper.cn quoted officials as saying the fish had been distressed by the nearby construction, occasionally leaping out of the water.

這種魚(yú)對(duì)噪音和破壞非常敏感，而新聞網(wǎng)站《澎湃新聞》援引相關(guān)官員的話稱(chēng)，這種魚(yú)被附近的施工所干擾，偶爾會(huì)跳出水面。

Thepaper.cn quoted a fisheries scientist as saying the adults that died had been "extremely precious" as they were directly descended from wild sturgeon.

《澎湃新聞》援引一位漁業(yè)科學(xué)家的話稱(chēng)，死亡的成魚(yú)“非常珍貴”，因?yàn)樗麄兪侵苯佑梢吧\魚(yú)所生的。