Adjustment trend of China’s marine fishery policy since 2011

Su, Meng; Wang, Lingling; Xiang, Jiahao; Yu-xia, MA

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104322

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“…This policy shift was clearly reflected in the significant increase in the national annual catch from 12 to 14 MT. Until the “13th Five-year Plan” for national fishery development (2016–2020) issued in 2016, the zero-even negative-growth policy was revalidated, and the volume of annual output control was clearly proposed as 8–10 MT 57 , which was determined by multiplying the fishing coefficient by the total stock size derived from the assessment of surveys on the zoning of fisheries and the supplementary survey of marine biological resources in the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf 7 . To achieve the target of keeping fishing capacity at a high level of sustainability, significant reductions in fishing pressures over a period of time are required, as well as rational updates of control policies.…”

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“…Unfortunately, the inspections of fishing vessels and their power are not very strict, due to the need of developing local economy and guaranteeing the fishermen's income, e.g., under a nominal power mask the low-power engines have been replaced by high-power engines, some fishing vessels do not have the fishing licenses 28 . The limitation of the license number and engine power also stimulate the technological improvement for more catch 7 .…”

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“…In 2017, the “total resources management” and “quota fishing management” were promulgated. The regulation details include the reduction on annual marine capture production quota control and the total number and horsepower of fishing vessels, and the extension of the summer fishing closure period 1 , 6 , 7 .…”

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Species traits determined different responses to “zero-growth” policy in China’s marine fisheries

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Liu

2022

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China remains the largest nation of marine capture fisheries in the world in the last few decades, at the cost of offshore fisheries degradation by overfishing. Although fisheries regulations have become gradually tightened, the recovering evidences are weak and the catch species compositions are far from satisfactory. To explore better and reasonable countermeasures, besides the “zero growth” policy (i.e. the national total fisheries production limitation), five targets with different ecological traits were selected for stock assessment and rebuilding by Monte Carlo Catch-Maximum Sustainable Yield method. The results showed the control of total rather than species catch could not lead to the recovery of fisheries and maintain community function. Individual species showed different responses to overfishing according to their biological characteristics. High trophic level species can be sensitive to overfishing, and difficult to rebuild stocks after collapse. Pelagic small fish resources increased first but eventually decreased under high fishing pressure. Scientific-based restocking can enhance resource recovery. Besides “zero growth” policy, fisheries management should be further refined, in particular for main economic species based on their biological traits, as well as the support of reliable fisheries statistics and regulation implementation in place. To relieve the conflict between rising fishery products demand and falling catches, aquaculture and seeking resources from the high seas and EEZs are supposed to be successful ways, on the premise of taking full account of ecological health, maritime safety, and food security.

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Species traits determined different responses to “zero-growth” policy in China’s marine fisheries

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Liu

2022

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“…China is one of the largest fishing states, because it possesses a significant number of fleets and thus the capacity to fish in a lot of different areas ( Sua et al, 2021 ); it is also considered as world's largest aquaculture producer with over 60% of global world production in volume ( Little et al, 2021 ). To administer these resources and make them sustainable, China has formulated and promulgated a series of fishery laws, regulations, and rules since 1979.…”

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The impact of the COVID-19 on China's fisheries sector and its countermeasures

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Zhang

Khan

2022

Ocean & Coastal Management

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“…Yet, these are also among the most vulnerable ecosystems, heavily impacted by fishing, pollution, energy generation and other human activities. Despite freshwater fish populations being among the most threatened in the world (Su et al ., 2021), the status of fish stocks in inland waters has received far less consideration than marine stocks (FAO, 1999; Hilborn et al ., 2003; Kura et al ., 2004; Funge-Smith & Bennett, 2019). This is partly due to limited funding because most commercially valuable and therefore properly researched fisheries occur in marine ecosystems (Walters, 1998; Mangin et al ., 2018).…”

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Impacts of recreational angling on fish population recovery after a commercial fishing ban

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It is often assumed that recreational fishing has negligible impact on fish stocks compared to commercial fishing. Yet, for inland water bodies in densely populated areas, this is unlikely to be true. In this study we demonstrate remarkably variable stock recovery rates among different fish species with similar life histories in a large productive inland freshwater ecosystem (Kaunas Reservoir, Lithuania), where all commercial fishing has been banned since 2013. We conducted over 900 surveys of recreational anglers during a period of four years (2016 to 2021) to assess recreational fishing catches. These surveys are combined with drone and fishfinder device-based assessment of recreational fishing effort. Fish population recovery rates were assessed using standardised catch per unit effort time series. We show that recreational fishing is having a major impact in retarding the recovery of predatory species, such as pikeperch and perch. In contrast, recovery of roach, rarely caught by anglers, has been remarkably rapid and the species is now dominating the ecosystem. Our study demonstrates that recreational fishing can have strong impacts on some fish species, alter relative species composition and potentially change ecosystem state and dynamics.

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Adjustment trend of China’s marine fishery policy since 2011

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