A fisherman pours a basket of fish down a chute to Liubao Maritime Harbor in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, on Thursday. Photo: VCG

Residents take turns pouring catfish down the chute. Photo: VCG

Catfish slides into the river. Photo: VCG

A woman scoops up juvenile catfish, or catfish fry, from a container. Photo: VCG

A local resident pours a pale of fish down a chute into the river. Photo: VCG

Dozens of people watch the catfish get released into the river. Photo: VCG

A container full of catfish fry. Photo: VCG