Photo: A Third of Fish Species in China River Extinct, Officials Say

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Environmental protection workers sample water quality on the banks of China's Yellow River near the city of Jinan on January 10, 2006.

State media announced this week that a third of the river's 150 known fish species are extinct, most likely because of heavy pollution, overfishing, and extensive damming of the waterway.

Photograph by China Out Reuters/China Daily Information Corp

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