Can Chinese sturgeon be eaten?

Zhongqing Online Shanghai August 12 (China Youth Daily? Wang Jie, reporter of Zhongqing Online Trainee) The Chinese sturgeon, known as the "King of Fish in the Yangtze River", is a living fossil and a national first-class protected animal. But for a long time, there has been a saying on the Internet and among the people that "artificially cultured Chinese sturgeon can be eaten". So, can the artificially bred "Chinese sturgeon" be eaten? On August 12, the interview group "Great Rivers Flowing-Report from the Yangtze River Economic Belt" came to the sturgeon nature reserve in the Yangtze River estuary of Shanghai and interviewed Liu Jian, director of the management department of the reserve.

According to Liu Jian, the Chinese sturgeon is a national first-class protected animal, which cannot be produced, operated or eaten. He said that the "Chinese sturgeon" mentioned by many merchants is actually a hybrid sturgeon. "There are 27 species of sturgeon in the world, most of which are first-and second-class protected animals. Only one kind of sturgeon can be eaten with legal documents. " According to Liu Jian, the most direct way to distinguish between Chinese sturgeon and hybrid sturgeon is to judge from the snout of sturgeon. The snout of true Chinese sturgeon is round, while that of hybrid sturgeon is slightly pointed and slightly upturned. He called on everyone to abide by national laws and establish a sense of protection for precious animals such as Chinese sturgeon.