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 55411 33982 2854315 1986 3363502 62021 56220 3481743 1987 3937870 80626 53010 4071506 1988 4408158 84740 59016 4551914 1989 4727330 95544 72874 4904615 1990 5049496 94730 75773 5237621 1991 5335340 107180 85606 5538477 1992 5988285 123818 105382 6238731

Tab. 16 China Inland Aquaculture Production (unit: tons)
Year Pond Lake Reservoir Waterway Paddy Others Total
1979 544691 75079 105945 87605 0 n.a. 813320
1980 620528 73881 111966 82154 10549 12946 901475
1981 718961 67568 118705 87010 14047 21816 1014060
1982 870948 77329 133424 92343 24229 33132 1207176
1983 1030775 91068 149522 102784 36330 17719 1428198
1984 1322082 104602 175586 129023 56316 23527 1811136
1985 1749364 143691 206434 161250 81699 36750 2379188
1986 2193795 178669 236076 197685 97818 47451 2951494
1987 2617978 207814 278572 219741 106327 53650 3484082
1988 2933786 229361 308746 241047 118191 64343 3897474
1989 3143887 245326 338724 255521 124923 61874 4170255
1990 3370527 267340 359835 263749 130837 66826 4459114
1991 3483078 264941 400959 260754 146746 69397 4625875
1992 4025591 313261 461623 287977 160939 88540 5337931

Tab. 17 China Inland Aquaculture Area (unit: 0'000 mu. 1 hector=15 mu)
Year Pond Lake Reservoir Waterway Others Total
1979 1130.99 727.19 1881.06 367.39 0 4106.63
1980 1232.27 793.25 1899.99 370.71 0 4296.22
1981 1271.43 738.84 1921.70 388.42 0 4320.39
1982 1378.20 864.02 1948.13 380.47 5.15 4575.97
1983 1447.39 835.36 1947.43 376.77 17.02 4623.97
1984 1605.95 805.56 2001.81 421.95 54.03 4889.30
1985 1886.40 934.03 2063.50 465.43 116.09 5465.45
1986 2003.06 986.93 2103.10 492.41 96.41 5681.91
1987 2091.60 968.93 2144.55 487.33 96.60 5789.01
1988 2132.01 954.89 2162.27 506.46 86.82 5842.46
1989 2117.33 914.72 2111.40 497.79 77.18 5718.42
1990 2123.15 923.66 2132.39 497.97 74.92 5752.09
1991 2131.86 952.71 2147.98 491.29 75.16 5799.00
1992 2208.66 1052.27 2139.08 482.88 82.83 5965.71
Note: China's fishery statistics have stipulated that paddy cultured fish production is included in the total production, whereas areas of paddy fish culture are not included in the total aquaculture area.

Tab. 18 Breakdown of Major Inland Aquaculture Production by Species
(unit: 0'000 tons)
Year Silver Carp Bighead Carp Grass Carp Chinese Bream Common Carp Crucian Carp Tilapia Mud Carp Others Total
1979 366000 162700 122000 40700 48800 24400 8100 16200 24400 813300
1980 405700 180300 135200 45100 54100 27000 9000 18000 27100 901500
1981 456300 202800 152100 50700 60800 30400 10100 20200 30700 1014100
1982 543200 241400 181100 60400 72400 36200 12100 24200 36200 1207200
1983 642700 285600 214200 71400 85700 42800 14300 28500 43000 1428200
1984 760700 362200 271700 90600 181100 54300 18100 36200 36200 1811100
1985 999300 475800 356900 119000 237900 71400 23800 47600 47600 2379200
1986 1180600 590300 442700 147600 354200 88500 29500 57000 61100 2951500
1987 1324000 627100 522600 174200 522600 104500 34800 69700 104600 3484100
1988 1481000 701500 584600 194900 584600 116900 39000 77900 117100 3897500
1989 1964800 1964800 934500 144400 460500 205000 89500 n.a. 38500 4170300
1990 2056900 2056900 1023200 161600 522400 211600 106100 n.a. 37500 4459100
1991 2041300 2041300 1046000 153300 594500 219000 119900 n.a. 35700 4625900
1992 2311100 2311100 1231800 181500 706100 254300 157200 n.a. 51800 5337900

Tab. 19 Yield of Marine Aquaculture Average per mu (unit: kg/mu. 1 hector=15 mu)
Year Finfish Shrimp Mussel Scallop Oyster Kelp Laver
1978 n.a. n.a. 2417 n.a. n.a. 981 136 1979 n.a. n.a 2779 n.a. n.a. 851 131 1980 10 19 3333 n.a. 87 1024 143 1981 n.a. 16 3996 1311 n.a. 1261 133 1982 12 29 3042 179 92 1166 100 1983 16 29 4508 769 95 1237 142 1984 14 39 4879 543 90 1266 141 1985 21 45 3881 1769 90 1442 138 1986 20 65 5969 1943 100 1749 144 1987 50 70 6095 2030 109 1796 131 1988 54 82 7137 2319 117 2004 162 1989 52 81 8002 2397 111 1914 97 1990 61 85 7480 2606 121 1492 94 1991 74 99 5924 2599 126 2060 106 1992 84 99 4424 2578 145 2283 120

Tab. 20 Yield of Inland Aquaculture Average per mu
(unit: kg/mu. 1 hector=15 mu)
Year Pond Lake Reservoir Waterway
1978 46 9 6 21 1979 40 11 6 24 1980 51 10 6 23 1981 57 9 6 23 1982 63 9 7 25 1983 71 11 8 20 1984 83 13 9 31 1985 93 16 10 35 1986 110 10 11 40 1987 125 21 13 45 1988 138 24 14 48 1989 148 27 16 51 1990 159 29 17 53 1991 163 28 19 53 1992 182 30 22 60

Tab. 21 Information on Fishery Products Processing
Year Frozen_products (unit: tons) Chilled_products (unit: tons.day*) Ice-making (unit: tons) Salted_products (unit: tons) Cooked_products (unit:tons) Canned_products (unit: tons) Fish_filletes (unit: tons) Fish_meal (unit:tons) Fish_oil (unit: kg)
1978 322530 25416566 1147437 228447 15243 7009 2000 21164 908663
1979 395954 31651907 1214371 185118 5170 5723 908 20033 1091672
1980 482900 67119377 1471860 215191 7366 6446 133 13396 1583495
1981 554717 38258762 1591076 112773 7760 7105 232 15504 2510500
1982 707730 53814136 1929365 191360 9213 10476 581 19414 5198921
1983 685798 49648866 9943034 143331 11905 9535 1132 11677 6102613
1984 920488 49135143 1743646 101685 28430 99336 827 17295 6840207
1985 735834 53359400 2013636 97027 17528 28347 2274 77874 14366649
1986 1011919 312649866 2462874 124248 29362 30818 2708 26240 6141584
1987 1198087 68717377 2744717 60549 31248 27313 6651 28601 11187231
1988 1264177 77248066 2814628 71146 24555 31608 8707 18795 13797944
1989 1476299 108656674 3818867 154787 254767 29905 n.a. 116752 9173254
1990 1684875 121436562 5197473 174910 24191 34040 n.a. 78936 10696197
1991 1730284 129161841 4770705 197653 29851 10014 n.a. 142390 10613040
1992 2158375 145002265 5160631 227252 30117 14223 n.a. 100797 9020264
*: The numbers in this column comes from the daily production times total working days.

Tab. 22 Total Powered Fishing Boats
Year Number GT HP Of which, those exceeding 24 m in length or 200 HP in power
Number GT HP
1978 47176 1325232 2905738 1540 238599 558502
1979 52225 1405112 3129045 1737 268259 645517
1980 61022 1535597 3515404 2034 305894 766323
1981 75109 166344 3828012 2155 311515 795470
1982 99328 1827206 4199810 2341 335068 845083
1983 124368 2013076 4544010 2563 366587 918860
1984 152606 2211944 4903539 2785 395827 997213
1985 185336 2466211 5515191 3223 463032 1151245
1986 221917 2819245 6283056 3695 505724 1295422
1987 267990 3156676 7262329 4384 571446 1557118
1988 303935 2482001 8365595 5100 662170 1814630
1989 336254 3902640 9536322 6389 806474 2258337
1990 362377 4019173 10362032 7272 890396 2552123
1991 373964 4298323 11096152 8939 1122392 3069388
1992 384531 4537045 12048191 10486 1274372 3486714

Tab. 23 Export of Fishery Products
Year Quantity
(unit: ton) 		Value
(unit: 0'000 US$)
1978 92043 25768 1979 97831 34846 1980 105702 35637 1981 102176 34312 1982 101142 31311 1983 104586 28068 1984 99706 26964 1985 124275 27164 1986 180576 51033 1987 227219 72095 1988 264213 93285 1989 306181 103899 1990 370673 136979 1991 377856 118116 1992 514906 167812

Tab. 24 Fishery Labour Force and Average Annual Income by Individual
Year Labour Force Average Annual Net Income
Full-Time Part-time Total Income per Labour
unit: Yuan (R.M.B.) 		Income per Person
unit: Yuan (R.M.B.)
Number Of which, in marine fisheries Number Of which, in marine fisheries Number Of which, in marine fisheries
1980 1579593 861494 1370751 363186 2950344 1224462 452 171
1981 1657326 876494 1626323 384607 3283649 1261101 551 199
1982 1666676 918613 2158682 449555 3825358 1368168 689 233
1983 1741802 949929 2515166 465138 4256968 1415067 794 320
1984 1836456 1031279 3277354 529922 5113810 1561201 1128 444
1985 2018054 1003660 3936139 591448 5954193 1595108 1557 626
1986 2609137 1154607 4698520 609850 7307657 1764457 1733 725
1987 2642626 1155429 5345853 650828 7988479 1806257 2543 1051
1988 2825565 1253556 5715158 720745 8540723 1974301 3472 1517
1989 3134181 1367008 5646284 675339 8780465 2042347 2837 1323
1990 3460345 1391677 5632581 688860 9092926 2080537 3232 1392
1991 3682228 1464902 5520552 702719 9202780 2167621 3458 1560
1992 3869114 1525233 5795420 715030 9664534 2240263 3704 1726

Tab. 25 Contributions of Fishery Production by the State
Enterprises and the Cooperatives
Year State enterprises Cooperatives Total (0'000 tons)
Production (0'000 tons) Percentage (%) Production (0'000) Percentage (%)
1980 73.66 16.4 376.04 83.6 449.7
1981 73.42 15.9 387.15 84.1 460.57
1982 83.14 16.1 432.37 83.9 515.51
1983 79.38 14.5 466.43 85.5 545.81
1984 90.36 14.6 528.94 85.4 619.3
1985 87.35 12.4 617.83 87.6 705.18
1986 107.07 13.0 716.48 87.0 823.55
1987 120.43 12.6 834.89 87.4 955.32
1988 121.91 11.5 939.06 88.5 1060.97
1989 138.94 12.1 1012.72 87.9 1151.66
1990 148.21 12.0 1088.84 88.0 1237.05
1991 159.97 11.8 1194.98 88.2 1354.95
1992 166.51 10.7 1391.06 89.3 1557.57

Tab. 26 Number of Employees Engaged in Fishery Research, Education and Extention (data source: 1990)
Type Number of Unit Total Employees Women Employees Professionals
Research 185 10271 2639 5264
Education 40 5171 1687 2306
Extention 2566 27508 1981 8492