Development of fisheries in China

Fisheries is a social production sector that captures and farms fish and other aquatic animals and plants for aquatic products. In a broad sense, fisheries also include upstream departments (e.g., manufacturing, maintenance and supply of fishing gear, fishing boats, fishery machinery, fishery instruments and other means of production), downstream departments (e.g., storage, processing, comprehensive utilization, transportation and sales of aquatic products), and auxiliary departments (e.g., the construction of fishing ports). As an important constituent part of the national economy in China, fisheries not only provide a large amount of food sources for humans but also provide many industrial raw materials for national construction. In this paper, the development of fisheries in China is reviewed, including the development history of fisheries, the current situations of the aquatic seed industry, aquaculture industry, capture industry, aquatic product processing industry, aquatic animal nutrition and feed industry, and leisure fishery; additionally, the contribution of Chinese fisheries in the global fisheries is assessed, as are the current fisheries development problems and development strategies in China. This paper has important guiding significance for the development of fisheries in China.