Focus on Arts and Ecology

May 6, 2022 

An annual summer fishing ban began on May 1 in China's major seas in the north, east, and south to conserve the marine fishery. The fishing ban covers the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the waters north of 12 degrees north latitude in the South China Sea.

Why the ban?

• China has imposed the annual fishing ban in the South China Sea since 1999 as part of the country's efforts to promote sustainable marine fishery development and improve marine ecology
• After the middle term of the moratorium, they will hold three law enforcement activities to crack down on illegal fishing and protect marine fishery resources. The fishing ban will end on September 1 for the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea waters. It will last until up to September 16 for the East China Sea based on the use of different fishing nets
• According to the authorities in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, the ban affects 17,000 fishermen. The city will, for the first time, hand out marine fishery resources conservation subsidies, which amount to some 70 million yuan (about $10.6 million)
• The agriculture and rural affairs department in east China's Zhejiang Province said after May 8, the province would ban the sale of eight kinds of frozen or living marine products, including the hairtail, yellow croaker, and pomfret.