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To help replenish fish stocks, Gymnocypris przewalskii, a species of cyprinid, are released into Qinghai Lake in Gangcha County, Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 11, 2019. Local Tibetans and tourists released one million artificially bred Gymnocypris przewalskii fish fry into the Shaliu River, a main water source of the lake on Tuesday, with 12 million baby fish to be released by the end of August. The fish was listed as a critically endangered species in China in 2004. Since 2002, more than 126 million fish fry have been released into the lake, the largest saltwater lake in China. (Photo: China News Service/Li Juan)

To help replenish fish stocks, Gymnocypris przewalskii, a species of cyprinid, are released into Qinghai Lake in Gangcha County, Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 11, 2019. Local Tibetans and tourists released one million artificially bred Gymnocypris przewalskii fish fry into the Shaliu River, a main water source of the lake on Tuesday, with 12 million baby fish to be released by the end of August. The fish was listed as a critically endangered species in China in 2004. Since 2002, more than 126 million fish fry have been released into the lake, the largest saltwater lake in China. (Photo: China News Service/Li Juan)

To help replenish fish stocks, Gymnocypris przewalskii, a species of cyprinid, are released into Qinghai Lake in Gangcha County, Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 11, 2019. Local Tibetans and tourists released one million artificially bred Gymnocypris przewalskii fish fry into the Shaliu River, a main water source of the lake on Tuesday, with 12 million baby fish to be released by the end of August. The fish was listed as a critically endangered species in China in 2004. Since 2002, more than 126 million fish fry have been released into the lake, the largest saltwater lake in China. (Photo: China News Service/Li Juan)

To help replenish fish stocks, Gymnocypris przewalskii, a species of cyprinid, are released into Qinghai Lake in Gangcha County, Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 11, 2019. Local Tibetans and tourists released one million artificially bred Gymnocypris przewalskii fish fry into the Shaliu River, a main water source of the lake on Tuesday, with 12 million baby fish to be released by the end of August. The fish was listed as a critically endangered species in China in 2004. Since 2002, more than 126 million fish fry have been released into the lake, the largest saltwater lake in China. (Photo: China News Service/Li Juan)