The gymnocypris przewalskii in Qinghai Lake is a rare fish, but since the 1950s, people began to catch a large number of gymnocypris przewalskii, resulting in the reduction of gymnocypris przewalskii resources from the initial 320000 tons to an average of 4000 tons per year  By 2013, the gymnocypris przewalskii resources were only 68000 tons
In the past year, the amount of gymnocypris przewalskii in Qinghai Lake decreased by 3000 tons
 An expert believes that at this rate, the gymnocypris przewalskii in Qinghai Lake will be extinct in more than ten years