大陸國寶魚魂斷金門海域

An old fisherman brought in a large fish the length of a scooter that was embedded (1) with a GPS locator. The members of Kinmen County Fisheries Research Institute tracked the source and discovered it was the national treasure fish of China, the "Chinese Sturgeon (2)." Similar to the panda, this is a living fossil fish which has full academic research value.
　 一位老漁翁昨天帶回一尾約有一部機車長的大魚；魚身上有衛星定位器，經金門水試所人員追蹤來源，發現牠是中國大陸的國寶魚-「中華鱘」，是一種與熊貓相同，高度具有學術研究價值的活化石魚。

Lu, Shui-Tong (呂水通), the old fisherman who found this Chinese sturgeon, said he had not seen this species of fish in fifty years. There were no teeth in its mouth, and no scales (3) on its body, and its "nostril" (4) was bigger than its eyes. The length was about 1.7 meters, and the weight about 22 kg. The fish was dying when Lu found it on April 27 near by Xinhu fishing port.
　 發現這條中華鱘的老漁翁呂水通，四、五十來從沒見過這種魚。這條魚口中無牙，身上無鱗；「鼻孔」比眼珠還大。身長約有一點七公尺，重量約二十二公斤。4月27日呂水通在新湖漁港附近發現牠時已奄奄一息。

Members of the Kinmen County Fisheries Research Institute noticed a discharge (5) mark on the body of fish, which read, "Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute". After investigation, they found that the fish was discharged by the Ocean Fisheries Bureaus of Xiamen on April 22.
　 水試所的人員注意到魚身上有放流的標記，寫著「Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute」，經過追查發現是廈門巿海洋與漁業局今年四月二十二日放流的中華鱘。

【註解】
●1. embed-(vt.) 埋置、嵌進。
●2. sturgeon-(n)鱘魚。
●3. scale-(n)魚鱗。當名詞用也指秤、天平或地圖上的比例尺。
●4. nostril-(n)鼻孔。
●5. discharge-(n)釋放、排出、流出。此處指流放。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2010年4月28日報導