“…The COVID-19 pandemic, and the measures being taken to contain the epidemic, has made a negative impact on the aquaculture sector (including industrialized aquaculture) in China (Yuan et al 2022 ). These adversely effects include the disruption of the normal management of fish farmers, a decline in fish price and the market demand for fish and aquatic products, an overstock of aquatic products in aqua farms, and an increase in production costs and financial difficulty in operation for fish farmers (Chang et al 2022 ; Yuan et al 2022 ; Zhang et al 2021 ). A series of strategies have been recommended to deal with these problems, such as the support of free legal advice and financial assistance to companies and farmers along the aquaculture industrial chain (Chang et al 2022 ; Yuan et al 2022 ).…”
Section: Existing Problems and Possible Solutions For Industrialized ...mentioning
Industrialized aquaculture is an essential trend for aquaculture development in China, owing to its considerable advantages in lower water consumption, higher productivity, and sustainability. However, information on its current status has been scarce up to now. This paper reviewed the current status and has identified existing problems as well as proposing possible solutions for the development of industrialized aquaculture in China. This field is still at an early stage of development and is mainly distributed in coastal regions. Major constraints on industrialized aquaculture include high capital and operational costs, the uncompetitive market price of aquatic products, uneven distribution of production and farming areas, a lack of suitably experienced managers and operators for recirculating aquaculture systems, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Possible solutions to these problems include technological innovations in systems optimization, the use of renewable energy sources and biofloc technology, the pollution-free certification of industrial aquaculture products, increased numbers of professionals in water quality control and waste management, and the financial assistance to companies and farmers along the aquaculture industrial chain.
“…The COVID-19 pandemic, and the measures being taken to contain the epidemic, has made a negative impact on the aquaculture sector (including industrialized aquaculture) in China (Yuan et al 2022 ). These adversely effects include the disruption of the normal management of fish farmers, a decline in fish price and the market demand for fish and aquatic products, an overstock of aquatic products in aqua farms, and an increase in production costs and financial difficulty in operation for fish farmers (Chang et al 2022 ; Yuan et al 2022 ; Zhang et al 2021 ). A series of strategies have been recommended to deal with these problems, such as the support of free legal advice and financial assistance to companies and farmers along the aquaculture industrial chain (Chang et al 2022 ; Yuan et al 2022 ).…”
Section: Existing Problems and Possible Solutions For Industrialized ...mentioning
Industrialized aquaculture is an essential trend for aquaculture development in China, owing to its considerable advantages in lower water consumption, higher productivity, and sustainability. However, information on its current status has been scarce up to now. This paper reviewed the current status and has identified existing problems as well as proposing possible solutions for the development of industrialized aquaculture in China. This field is still at an early stage of development and is mainly distributed in coastal regions. Major constraints on industrialized aquaculture include high capital and operational costs, the uncompetitive market price of aquatic products, uneven distribution of production and farming areas, a lack of suitably experienced managers and operators for recirculating aquaculture systems, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Possible solutions to these problems include technological innovations in systems optimization, the use of renewable energy sources and biofloc technology, the pollution-free certification of industrial aquaculture products, increased numbers of professionals in water quality control and waste management, and the financial assistance to companies and farmers along the aquaculture industrial chain.
“…5 ). By learning from the existing crew change process in Singapore and the successful experience of the Chinese government in fighting the pandemic, we suggest that the specific procedures be unified according to the different statuses of seafarers during the shift change [26] , [27] , [28] . Fig.…”
Section: Problem Solutions and System Innovationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…After summarizing the practical experience of various countries in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, we believe that the big data technology plays a critical role in close contact tracing, pandemic prevention, epidemiological investigation, etc [44] , [45] , [46] , [47] , [48] , [49] . For example, international organizations such as IMO can publish health QR codes for seafarers or close contact detection programs that can record seafarers' health status and activity trajectories more accurately, monitor seafarers' activities, and locate close contacts.…”
Section: Problem Solutions and System Innovationsmentioning
“…In practice, pollution emissions predominantly arise from aquaculture, while fishing activities have a more significant impact on fishery resources. This distinction is evident in the regulatory policies implemented by China, where regulations for aquaculture primarily focus on pollution prevention and control, while fishing regulations mainly aim to prevent overfishing and preserve fishery resources (Chang et al, 2022). Therefore, this study primarily focuses on the undesirable outputs related to pollution generated by aquaculture activities.…”
Section: Fishery Capital Stock Provincial Capital Stock Provincialmentioning
The rapid development of China’s fisheries sector has brought about significant environmental problems, which are detrimental to the sustainable development of the sector. Balancing environmental protection while promoting fisheries development has become an urgent issue in China. Based on data from 30 provincial-level administrative regions in China from 2004 to 2019, this study utilizes the Epsilon-based Measure (EBM) model considering undesirable outputs and the global Malmquist-Luenberger (GML) index to measure the green total factor productivity (GTFP) growth in China’s fisheries sector. Furthermore, it explores the spatiotemporal evolution and driving forces of fisheries GTFP growth using spatial Durbin model (SDM). The results indicate that ignoring the resource and environmental costs in fisheries production would overestimate the growth of total factor productivity (TFP) by 1.3%. The growth of fishery output primarily comes from the increase in input factors, exhibiting extensive characteristics that have been gradually diminishing over time. During the sample period, the provinces with the fastest growth in GTFP shifted from being mainly concentrated in the central and western regions to the eastern region. The local driving forces behind the improvement of fisheries GTFP include internet penetration rate, transportation convenience, education level of rural residents. The driving forces from economically similar provinces include the positive spatial interplay between provinces, fishery disaster rate, fisherman training, fishery trade openness, and urbanization rate. Overall, these finds offer a novel approach to reexamine the growth of China’s fisheries and provide valuable insights for the future fisheries development.
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