Adjustment trend of China’s marine fishery policy since 2011

Abstract

Based on an analysis of China's marine fishery management policies since the promulgation of the Fisheries Law in 1986, this paper finds that before 2011, China's marine fishery policy mainly focused on the input control of fishing gear, fishing vessels and fishermen. Since 2011 China's marine fishery policy has been adjusted to output control in recent ten years. The management of marine fishery resources in China has gradually changed from input control management to input and output control management. The past decade was a key period in the adjustment of marine fishery policies. The characteristics of China's marine fishery policy in recent ten years include not only increasing output control on the basis of strict input control, but also paying attention to fishermen's livelihood, paying attention to the upgrading of fishing equipment, coordinating policy objectives and coastal ecological protection. In the future, China's marine fisheries management will face challenges in policy-making, such as multi species fisheries, long coastline, numerous fishing ports, large proportion of small fishing vessels, and scattered landing sites of catches. Ultimately, China's marine fishery policy aims to realize the sustainable development of the marine fishery industry under the dual goals of focusing on the livelihood of fishermen and repairing coastal and offshore fishery resources.