An overview of marine fisheries management in China

Shen, G. & Heino, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-3940 (2013). An overview of marine fisheries management in China. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-13-067

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Abstract

China is the world's largest country in terms of fish production, yet its fisheries management is comparatively unknown outside the country. This article gives an overview of the current management system and highlights some of its challenges. In the past thirty years, the Department of Fishery Administration has formulated and organized a series of conservation and management regimes and measures. The most important tools are minimum mesh size regulation and a range of input control measures, including seasonal closures and attempts to control fishing capacity through licensing and limiting total engine power. However, fisheries output is only controlled through a nation-wide total catch limit. Certain progress has been achieved, but there are still problems as the resource situation is poor. While the existing measures could, in principle, improve sustainability, their enforcement is insuffiient, and they do not limit fishing effort in a way that would allow recovery.

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