For a long time, marine fishery resources have continued to decline due to environmental pollution, overfishing, transportation and shipping. The Ministry of Agriculture recently issued the “Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Domestic Fishing Vessels to Implement the Total Management of Marine Fishery Resources” and the “Notice on Adjusting the Marine Off-season Fishing System”. The control target for catch output is defined: domestic marine fishing adopts a negative growth policy, and by 2020 the total domestic marine fishing production will be reduced to less than 10 million tons, which is reduced by more than 3.09 million tons compared with 2015; the national reduction of marine fishing maneuvers The fishing vessel has 20,000 vessels and a power of 1.5 million kilowatts. It will not newly build and import fishing vessels produced in the waters under our jurisdiction, except for the re-construction and renovation of old vessels. The start time of the fishing breaks in all sea areas is unified at 12:00 on May 1. For the first time, the single-layer gillnet in the South China Sea was included in the closed fishing area. For the first time, the fishing auxiliary vessels supporting the fishing vessels were required to synchronize fishing. The start time of the fishing break is moved forward for half a month to one month, and the total fishing time is generally extended by one month. All kinds of operation methods have been extended for fishing, and the minimum fishing time is 3 months.

As China's domestic supply declines, according to Dutch banks, China's seafood trade will have a deficit, and China will import more and more world seafood. In the past few decades, China has been the world's most important seafood exporter, but with the development of China's economy, the growth of huge consumer groups, and the increase in processing costs, China is likely to become the world's largest seafood importer.

Already a giant

China will replace China as the largest export market for Vietnamese Basha fish; during the Spring Festival, Canadian lobster will charter flights to China by air. Not to mention that Chinese shrimp imports have been calculated at $1 billion.

Huge consumption

China has the largest population in the world and the most unified market. Greater than the total population of the West, Russia, Japan, and Brazil.

China's per capita consumption of seafood is more than in Europe, six times that of North America.

Although China's per capita resources are poor, and the scale of fisheries is small and scattered. But China is still the world's largest seafood exporter. Since 2000, exports have been faster than imports.

However, China’s annual import growth rate exceeds 8%, higher than any other country in the world.

Moreover, consumers with higher incomes demand more seafood.

It is estimated that by 2025, China's food expenditure will grow by more than 500 billion US dollars. And seafood products will be an important part.