Fishermen net dead fish floating on a fishing pond in Tancheng, east China's Shandong Province April 3. The pollution caused 160,000 yuan (US$20779) of direct economic losses to 16 families of fishermen. Preliminary investigation shows that the fish was killed by polluted water from an alcohol-making factory located in the upper stream.

A fisherman smokes while looking at a stack of dead fish as another nets floating fish on a polluted fishing pond in Tancheng, east China's Shandong Province April 3.

A researcher collects water sample from a polluted fishing pond in Tancheng, east China's Shandong Province April 3.

(China Daily April 4, 2007)