This photo taken on Sept. 21, 2021 shows a marine ranch in Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, Spet. 21, 2021. Launched in 2022, the marine ecological protection and restoration project in Caofeidian of Tangshan is designed to cover an area of 636 hectares by building an ecosystem comprising shellfish, seaweeds and artificial reefs. Restored seaweed beds have so far covered 80 percent of the planned area. The seaweed ecosystem means significantly to protection of biological resources, and it also improves nearshore non-biological environment and resistance to tides. [Photo/silubaba]
Staff members plant eelgrass seedlings at a site of a marine ecological protection and restoration project in Caofeidian of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, June 25, 2023. [Photo/silubaba]
Staff members plant eelgrass seedlings at a site of a marine ecological protection and restoration project in Caofeidian of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, June 25, 2023. [Photo/silubaba]
This aerial photo taken on June 25, 2023 shows staff members working at the eelgrass seedling collecting area of a marine ecological protection and restoration project in Caofeidian of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, June 25, 2023. [Photo/silubaba]
Technicians plant eelgrass seeds at a test area of a marine ranch in Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 22, 2022. [Photo/silubaba]
This photo taken on May 12, 2021 shows an ecosystem monitoring platform in Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province. [Photo/silubaba]
Technicians plant eelgrass seeds at a test area of a marine ranch in Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 12, 2021. [Photo/silubaba]
