Endangered fish released into major lake in Xinjiang, China

STORY: Endangered fish released into major lake in Xinjiang, China DATELINE: June 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Bighead fish being released into Bosten Lake 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JIANGTAO, Director, Xinjiang aquatic wildlife rescue center STORYLINE: Chinese researchers have released more than 30,000 Bighead fish into Bosten Lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to replenish the wild population of the endangered carp species. Bighead fish, also known as "Aspiorhynchus laticeps" in Latin, are endemic to the Tarim River in Xinjiang. Up to now, a total of 500,000 Bighead fish has been released into Bosten Lake, 200,000 of which were implanted with tracking and marking tags. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JIANGTAO, Director, Xinjiang aquatic wildlife rescue center "In a follow-up resource survey last year, we caught more than 200 Bighead fish with tracking and marking tags. It shows that the species' population is expandi