China Fishery Statistics

Table of Contents

  1. China Sea Regions
  2. China Marine Fishing Grounds
  3. Cultivatable Areas in the Shallow Seas, Shoals and Bays
  4. Inland Waters
  5. China Fishery Production for Selected Years
  6. China Total Marine Catch Production
  7. Marine Fishery Production for Finfishes
  8. Marine Fishery Production for Crustaceans
  9. Marine Fishery Production for Molluscs
  10. Marine Fishery Production for Seaweeds and Jelly Fish
  11. Major Marine Fishing Methods
  12. Proportion of Inshore and Offshore Fisheries
  13. China Marine Aquaculture Production
  14. China Marine Aquaculture Area
  15. China Inland Fishery Production
  16. China Inland Aquaculture Production
  17. China Inland Aquaculture Area
  18. Breakdown of Major Inland Aquaculture Production by Species
  19. Yield of Marine Aquaculture Average per mu
  20. Yield of Inland Aquaculture Average per mu
  21. Information on Fishery Products Processing
  22. Total Powered Fishing Boats
  23. Export of Fishery Products
  24. Fishery Labour Force and Average Annual Income by Individual
  25. Contrbutions of Fishery Production by State Enterprises and Cooperatives
  26. Number of Employees Engaged in Fishery Research, Education and Extention
Tab. 1 Sea Regions (unit: 0'000 square nautical miles)
Sea regions Total areas Areas within 200 meter isobath Fishing ground areas
Bohai Sea 2.4 2.4 2.4
Yellow Sea 12.7 12.7 10.3
East China Sea 25.2 15.1 16.0
South China Sea 63.0 12.9 53.1
total 103.3 43.1 81.8

Tab. 2 Fishing Grounds (unit: 000 square nautical miles)
Name of fishing grounds Areas Name of fishing grounds Areas Name of fishing grounds Areas
Bohai Sea: 24.11 Jiangwai 9.22 the southern Dongsha 21.23
Liaodongwan 10.31 Zhoushan 14.35 Xisha 47.49
Luanhekou 3.53 Zhouwai 14.01 Zhongsha 34.53
Bohaiwan 4.23 Yushan 15.62 the eastern Zhongsha 39.73
Laizhouwan 6.04 Yuwai 9.46 the northwest Nansha 55.39
Yellow Sea: 102.87 Wentai 13.88 the northeast Nansha 83.66
Haiyangdao 8.90 Wenwai 0.64 the southwest Nansha 65.91
Haidong 2.52 Mindong 16.61 the southeast Nansha 23.12
Yanwei 7.21 Minwai 4.83 Tuoningheng 3.36
Weidong 0.72 Minzhong 9.37 Nikouwei 2.52
Shidao 8.01 Taibei 10.58 Zhujiangkou 5.43
Shidong 4.33 Minnan 13.84 Gaonanheng 3.37
Qinghai 5.01 Taidong 11.82 Shanxiachuan 3.38
Haizhouwan 7.91 South China Sea: 530.79 Zhoutoa 2.53
Lianqingshi 14.77 Shanwei 3.70 Dianbai 3.36
Liandong 5.91 Jiazhi 2.91 Shatikou 4.19
Lusi 9.06 Shantou 3.32 Tongu 2.20
Dasha 15.12 Taiwanqiantan 9.55 Lingshui 3.63
Shawai 13.41 Dongsha 30.21 Waishui 4.25
East China Sea: 159.96 the northen Xisha 8.51 Sanya 4.62
Changjiangkou 9.99 the northern Zhongsha 18.67 Niaogehai 5.13
Hudao 3.00 Xiawaihai 3.40 Qinglanshan 2.94
Changhua 2.12 Shanwaihai 2.37 Weizhou 4.20
Chanhuawaihai 5.10 Yeyindao 3.38 Baimajin-Xikou 4.21
Hongruodao 1.28 Puowan 2.61 n.a. n.a.

Tab. 3 Cultivatable Areas in the Shallow Seas, Shoals and Bays (unit: 000 hectors)
Locations Shallow Seas Shoals Bays Subtotal
Beijing n.a. 0.44 n.a. 0.44
Tianjin 10.00 8.49 n.a. 18.49
Hebei Province 49.67 61.70 n.a. 111.37
Liaoning Province 590.44 92.45 42.95 725.84
Shanghai n.a. 3.22 n.a. 3.22
Jiangsu Province 7.87 130.96 0.47 139.00
Zhejiang Province 36.30 57.39 7.77 101.46
Fujian Province 77.39 100.76 6.79 134.94
Shandong Province 131.68 173.41 53.12 358.21
Guangdong Province 664.00 120.00 51.67 835.67
Guangxi Province 6.78 22.09 3.08 31.95
Hainan Province 48.43 26.09 15.00 89.52
Total 1622.56 797.00 180.55 2600.11

Tab. 4 Inland Waters (unit: 000 hectors)
Water types Total areas Cultivatable areas Cultivated areas
Pond 1921.56 1611.39 1421.26
Lake 7524.25 2150.54 635.13
Reservoir 2301.63 1883.83 1431.99
River 5277.35 766.13 327.52
Total 17471.30 6439.08 3866.01

Tab. 5 China Fishery Productions for Selected Years (unit: 000 tons)
Year Marine catch Marine aquaculture Inland catch Inland aquaculture Total
1974 3005.87 248.51 317.25 710.55 4282.18
1978 3145.25 499.54 296.44 762.25 4635.48
1979 2772.86 415.93 302.55 813.32 4304.67
1980 2812.69 444.35 338.48 901.48 4496.99
1981 2774.13 458.14 359.41 1014.06 4605.74
1982 3098.36 494.69 354.82 1207.18 5155.05
1983 3072.30 545.07 412.58 1428.20 5450.14
1984 3305.22 638.51 438.57 1811.14 6193.44
1985 3485.17 712.30 475.13 2379.19 7051.76
1986 3896.14 857.60 530.25 2951.50 8235.48
1987 4381.08 1100.62 587.42 3484.08 9553.20
1988 4633.31 1424.52 654.44 3897.47 10609.74
1989 5036.39 1575.64 734.36 4170.26 11516.65
1990 5508.86 1624.07 778.51 4459.11 12370.55
1991 6096.36 1904.64 912.60 4625.88 13539.48
1992 6912.31 2424.61 900.80 5337.93 15575.66

Tab. 6 China Total Marine Catch Production (unit: 000 tons)
Year Bohai Sea Yellow Sea East China Sea South China Sea Others Total
1979 321.54 603.50 1342.43 485.96 n.a. 2753.42
1980 294.31 515.07 1415.26 552.17 35.87 2812.69
1981 285.34 468.18 1491.35 528.51 0.75 2774.13
1982 286.18 573.48 1594.22 623.44 21.85 2099.16
1983 289.38 623.24 1468.38 680.82 10.48 2072.30
1984 316.86 611.28 1644.71 724.75 7.62 3305.22
1985 375.31 619.04 1689.80 777.00 24.02 3485.17
1986 390.19 652.98 1801.39 959.54 92.05 3896.14
1987 417.92 772.76 1931.66 1153.37 105.48 4381.18
1988 465.26 850.01 1919.37 1275.52 123.15 4633.31
1989 488.07 940.03 1987.32 1472.37 148.60 5036.39
1990 515.73 1085.84 2072.85 1614.67 211.55 5500.63
1991 587.77 1170.19 2178.05 1787.95 372.39 6096.36
1992 810.03 1207.58 2311.22 2067.94 515.55 6912.31

Tab. 7 Marine Fishery Production for Finfishes (unit: 000 tons)
Year G.y.croaker Y.croaker Hairtail Pomfrets C.herring S.niphonius J.mackerel Round_scad Pac.herring Filefish Others Total
1978 93.82 23.89 387.16 31.12 11.58 15.58 112.91 169.36 21.81 310.35 1317.55 2495.12
1979 82.94 35.66 437.21 43.19 14.72 42.43 111.64 91.36 38.94 105.39 1206.00 2209.46
1980 86.36 35.96 413.32 42.77 14.89 51.46 83.76 160.56 37.98 161.37 1164.27 2252.69
1981 79.79 35.19 499.01 42.47 14.75 48.15 73.47 138.30 35.07 208.60 1096.47 2271.26
1982 58.64 30.56 493.37 56.73 12.54 60.94 107.01 177.02 23.46 265.94 1224.74 2510.94
1983 33.55 28.46 451.77 45.83 13.58 62.10 153.93 212.54 21.27 137.92 1289.05 2450.01
1984 40.73 19.62 450.03 55.48 16.61 74.94 123.93 199.91 9.44 324.25 1265.01 2579.95
1985 26.10 30.63 458.72 66.74 17.30 90.62 92.57 233.88 3.23 272.67 1338.57 2631.05
1986 17.24 19.81 406.40 71.37 19.94 94.22 132.20 238.08 6.45 426.92 1591.88 3024.50
1987 17.24 20.14 393.61 91.25 14.29 99.01 166.04 344.75 12.97 407.21 1830.10 3396.61
1988 18.08 23.95 365.73 64.14 14.68 124.81 240.70 251.17 10.21 263.29 2146.76 3523.53
1989 19.42 n.a. 16.78 416.20 70.74 15.82 148.08 231.63 n.a. 320.25 392.07 3829.35
1990 25.44 n.a. 23.46 497.73 83.01 23.45 208.57 196.82 n.a. 387.90 337.19 4231.46
1991 25.35 n.a. 47.16 559.36 94.80 31.11 200.64 242.64 n.a. 419.85 285.60 4662.41
1992 36.44 n.a. 63.05 622.24 73.21 30.01 146.76 243.14 n.a. 392.02 157.97 5176.24

Tab. 8 Marine Fishery Production for Crustaceans (unit: 000 tons)
Year Shrimp Acetes spp Trachyp spp Others Total
1978 38.38 195.46 12.18 259.84 505.86
1979 53.78 98.08 10.89 245.55 408.30
1980 36.35 133.19 14.64 236.27 420.45
1981 28.86 155.01 3.42 230.69 417.98
1982 16.51 159.97 12.55 280.35 469.38
1983 29.02 167.89 23.58 270.38 490.87
1984 34.84 188.45 26.20 344.28 593.76
1985 73.19 209.12 84.65 339.48 706.43
1986 112.23 175.21 139.16 328.34 754.93
1987 187.06 162.37 108.03 413.20 870.65
1988 253.90 190.59 139.10 499.85 1033.44
1989 211.08 217.28 73.74 555068 1057.16
1990 223.23 211.37 97.55 538400 1070.54
1991 255.48 217.08 91.37 629649 1193.59
1992 244.72 228.73 100.66 700211 1274.32

Tab. 9 Marine Fishery Production for Molluscs (unit: 000 tons)
Year Cuttlefish Mussel Scallop Others Total
1978 61.96 96.19 n.a. 172.18 330.32
1979 90.13 65.87 0.18 151.52 307.70
1980 79.52 64.00 0.05 169.71 313.28
1981 28.86 95.52 2.49 171.21 297.34
1982 49.93 107.16 1.16 208.53 366.78
1983 53.39 114.48 1.97 250.96 420.81
1984 54.03 136.58 3.81 272.48 466.91
1985 53.10 128.86 8.31 335.84 526.11
1986 50.37 210.66 23.69 434.80 719.51
1987 60.02 312.68 43.64 532.63 948.97
1988 73.38 429.68 121.99 592.66 1217.70
1989 56.55 490.51 129.46 698798 1375.33
1990 69.33 495.90 147.00 761114 1473.34
1991 68.95 498.18 188.70 829949 1585.78
1992 69.35 538.90 338.02 1097290 2043.56

Tab. 10 Marine Fishery Production for Seaweeds and Jelly Fish (unit: 000 tons)
Year Seaweeds Jelly fish
Kelp Laver Others Total
1978 251.41 4.43 4.00 259.84 3.64
1979 240.14 6.63 3.61 250.38 12.97
1980 252.91 7.21 1.52 261.64 8.99
1981 219.52 7.03 1.17 227.72 17.97
1982 218.96 6.82 2.59 228.37 17.58
1983 231.30 9.99 3.60 244.88 10.8
1984 250.66 12.37 3.61 266.64 36.46
1985 253.84 12.37 6.75 272.96 60.91
1986 203.44 13.59 18.39 235.41 19.38
1987 178.90 12.29 15.79 206.98 58.48
1988 216.42 15.58 19.07 251.06 32.10
1989 272.91 9.26 17865 300.03 34.94
1990 244.31 8.82 22057 275.19 39.17
1991 356.66 11.55 36301 404.51 96.01
1992 494.13 15.90 58180 568.21 228.46

Tab. 11 Major Marine Fishing Methods (unit: %)
Year Trawl Seine Gill and longline Stationary fishing Others Total
1979 36 24 7 n.a. 33 100
1980 41 21 8 29 1 100
1981 41 21 8 n.a. 30 100
1982 43 18 9 n.a. 30 100
1983 44 18 12 21 5 100
1984 43 14 12 24 7 100
1985 40 15 15 25 5 100
1986 43 14 14 24 5 100
1987 41 14 15 24 6 100
1988 41 13 16 24 6 100
1989 41 10 15 22 9 100
1990 14 9 16 22 8 100
1991 47 7 16 21 9 100
1992 46 6 17 18 13 100

Tab. 12 Proportion of Inshore and Offshore Fisheries (unit: %)
Year Inshore Offshore Total
1984 91 9 100
1985 90 10 100
1986 89 11 100
1987 89 11 100
1988 88 12 100
1989 81 19 100
1990 79 21 100
1991 73 27 100
1992 70 30 100

Tab. 13 China Marine Aquaculture Production (unit: tons)
Year Finfish Crustaceans Molluscs Seaweeds Totals
Shrimp Others Subtotal Mussels Scallops Raz.Clam Clams Blood_Clam Oysters Others Subtotal Kelp Others Subtotal
1978 1733 450 0 450 96190 n.a n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 95300 191490 252400 4427 255827 449500
1979 1788 1245 0 1245 65870 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 100430 166300 240137 6463 246600 415933
1980 2554 2595 0 2595 63995 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 115005 179000 252907 7293 260200 444349
1981 5190 3352 0 3352 95515 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 127585 223100 219510 6990 226500 458142
1982 5727 7079 0 7079 107163 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 148717 255880 218958 6842 225800 494686
1983 10192 8975 679 9654 114481 1974 88999 14890 11067 35526 25884 292821 231296 11199 242495 545072
1984 9358 19300 2721 22021 136582 3813 110006 21514 14907 40688 15281 342791 250661 13679 264340 638510
1985 13653 40664 2001 42665 128860 8312 125717 31482 16686 50872 24261 386190 253839 15947 269786 712294
1986 19036 82827 2504 85367 210657 23686 126175 41603 24173 54994 41592 522880 203437 26872 230309 857592
1987 29464 153273 2731 156004 312680 43640 133597 53389 33386 65543 68902 711137 178900 25110 204010 1100615
1988 32671 199418 2901 202319 429675 121991 140673 63042 33986 73954 81505 944826 216415 28288 244703 1424519
1989 36409 185890 4333 190223 490514 129461 138467 87098 38795 73248 97744 1055327 272913 20767 293680 1575639
1990 43354 184817 4354 189171 495895 147003 140326 109702 41320 82354 105764 1122364 244306 24870 269176 1624065
1991 47182 219571 2989 222560 498183 188698 165230 154024 42031 87422 99382 1234970 356660 40269 396929 1904641
1992 58716 206866 8599 215465 538895 338022 198598 270476 41588 123008 86880 1597467 494129 58836 552965 2424613

Tab. 14 China Marine Aquaculture Area (unit: 0'000 mu. 1 hector=15 mu)
Year Finfish Crustaceans Molluscs Seaweeds Totals
Shrimp Others Subtotal Mussels Scallops Raz.Clam Clams Blood_Clam Oysters Others Subtotal Kelp Others Subtotal
1978 15.00 2.00 0 2.00 3.98 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 101.03 105.01 25.62 3.26 28.88 150.89
1979 15.00 11.00 0 11.00 2.37 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 113.06 115.43 28.22 5.05 33.27 174.70
1980 25.10 14.00 0 14.00 1.92 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 129.60 131.52 24.72 5.00 29.72 200.34
1981 37.25 20.42 0 20.42 2.39 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 125.01 127.40 17.41 5.30 22.71 207.78
1982 50.60 24.83 0.4 25.23 2.79 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 120.10 142.89 18.79 6.29 25.08 243.80
1983 63.09 30.52 1.42 31.94 2.54 0.26 21.09 27.92 9.00 37.33 54.89 153.03 18.70 7.76 26.46 280.06
1984 67.92 50.10 0.14 50.28 2.80 0.70 30.09 61.33 9.98 41.42 69.78 216.10 19.81 9.82 29.63 363.93
1985 66.39 89.54 1.92 90.84 3.32 0.47 29.22 71.73 11.51 52.10 60.30 228.65 17.60 12.06 29.66 415.54
1986 67.35 127.90 3.29 131.19 3.53 1.22 30.80 92.23 11.06 55.32 70.78 264.94 11.63 12.66 24.29 487.78
1987 58.79 197.08 2.33 199.41 5.13 2.15 29.71 92.28 11.04 60.34 72.40 273.05 9.96 12.68 22.64 553.89
1988 60.17 207.48 36.96 244.44 6.02 5.26 31.07 99.16 10.44 63.26 74.16 289.37 9.59 13.28 22.87 619.89
1989 69.57 229.00 4.08 233.08 5.93 5.40 34.26 91.51 11.78 66.08 91.25 306.21 14.26 11.66 25.95 634.81
1990 71.09 215.96 5.33 221.29 6.63 5.64 35.42 100.43 10.85 67.96 95.93 322.86 16.38 11.79 28.17 643.41
1991 63.46 220.75 5.59 226.34 8.41 7.26 37.14 139.87 11.38 69.33 79.00 352.39 17.31 14.60 31.91 674.10
1992 69.86 208.53 6.82 214.35 12.18 13.11 44.45 195.62 21.27 84.96 53.93 425.52 21.65 17.19 38.84 748.56

Tab. 15 China Inland Fishery Production (unit: tons)
Year Finfish Crustaceans Molluscs Total
1979 1052778 43546 19551 1115875 1980 1163328 51625 24994 1239947 1981 1289786 51337 32351 1373474 1982 1479009 56482 26509 1562000 1983 1758326 56175 26274 1840775 1984 2167949 51928 29830 224970 1985 2764922