Enhancing Fishery Management in Tanghe Reservoir, China: Insights from Food Web Structure and Ecosystem Analysis
2024
Longhui Qiu | Yuhui Qiu | Legen Peng | Jianzhong Shen | Guangyu Li | Jiangwei Li
Situated within China’s Liaoning Province, Tanghe Reservoir stands as an exemplar in the realm of reservoirs dedicated to eco-friendly fisheries development. Regrettably, frequent incidents compromising water quality and substantial reductions in reservoir fishery profits have plagued the area due to the absence of effective stocking theory guidance. However, the internal ecosystem drivers responsible for these outcomes have remained elusive. This study, leveraging an Ecopath model, delves into an exploration of the food web structure and ecosystem characteristics inherent to Tanghe Reservoir. The findings gleaned from this research demonstrate that the Tanghe Reservoir ecosystem boasts a considerable capacity for material cycling, yet it has not reached full maturity. A multitude of fish species, zoobenthos, and even zooplankton entities exhibit eco-trophic efficiencies exceeding 0.9, indicative of their rampant overexploitation. Notably, the primary cultured species, <i>Aristichthys nobilis</i> and <i>Hypophthalmichthys molitrix</i>, command significant biomass levels but register lower nutritional conversion efficiencies, signifying their overstocked status. Drawing from the tenets of maximum sustainable yield (MSY) theory, we advocate for a heightened emphasis on the harvest of <i>Aristichthys nobilis</i> and <i>Hypophthalmichthys molitrix</i>.
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