Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2010 shows fisherboats at the Chaohu Lake in Chaohu, east China's Anhui Province. The 6-month fishing-banning period finished on Tuesday at the Chaohu Lake, China's fifth largest freshwater lake. Chaohu Lake had been in the trouble of large mass of green algae in a long term. According to the satellite remote sensing data on Aug. 5, 2010, the floating green algae had covered a 20-square-km area, or 2.56 percent of the Chaohu Lake. Drinking water had been extracted only from eastern half of the Chaohu Lake becuse of the pollution in the western part in a long term. Local authorities and residents have been struggling to remove the large mass of green algae. (Xinhua/He Xibin)

 

Fishermen pour out fresh fish near the Chaohu Lake in Chaohu, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 18, 2010. The 6-month fishing-banning period finished on Tuesday at the Chaohu Lake, China's fifth largest freshwater lake. Chaohu Lake had been in the trouble of large mass of green algae in a long term. According to the satellite remote sensing data on Aug. 5, 2010, the floating green algae had covered a 20-square-km area, or 2.56 percent of the Chaohu Lake. Drinking water had been extracted only from eastern half of the Chaohu Lake becuse of the pollution in the western part in a long term. Local authorities and residents have been struggling to remove the large mass of green algae. (Xinhua/Su Ling)

 

Fishermen sell fresh fish at a bank of the Chaohu Lake in Chaohu, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 18, 2010. The 6-month fishing-banning period finished on Tuesday at the Chaohu Lake, China's fifth largest freshwater lake. Chaohu Lake had been in the trouble of large mass of green algae in a long term. According to the satellite remote sensing data on Aug. 5, 2010, the floating green algae had covered a 20-square-km area, or 2.56 percent of the Chaohu Lake. Drinking water had been extracted only from eastern half of the Chaohu Lake becuse of the pollution in the western part in a long term. Local authorities and residents have been struggling to remove the large mass of green algae. (Xinhua/He Xibin)

 

A fishmonger holds a fresh fish on a bank of the Chaohu Lake in Chaohu, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 18, 2010. The 6-month fishing-banning period finished on Tuesday at the Chaohu Lake, China's fifth largest freshwater lake. Chaohu Lake had been in the trouble of large mass of green algae in a long term. According to the satellite remote sensing data on Aug. 5, 2010, the floating green algae had covered a 20-square-km area, or 2.56 percent of the Chaohu Lake. Drinking water had been extracted only from eastern half of the Chaohu Lake becuse of the pollution in the western part in a long term. Local authorities and residents have been struggling to remove the large mass of green algae. (Xinhua/Su Ling)