Juvenile Puffer Fish in a Fishing Net in Shidao

A juvenile puffer fish was found dead in a fishing net, Shidao dock, Shandong, China.
The fishing of juvenile and "trash" fish - fish too young and/or too small for human consumption - is being fed by huge demand from China's booming aquaculture industry, which uses them as fish feed.

In original language:

渔网里的一只河豚幼鱼

2016年12月17日，山东石岛码头上，渔网里的一只河豚幼鱼。这只河豚属东方鲀类，很少被人用来直接食用，所以即使渔民捕捞到这类鱼，通常会直接丢弃或者做饲料原料。东方鲀类里有些优质品种（如红鳍东方鲀、暗纹东方鲀）的资源在很多海域已经衰退，因此，管理部门也在这些海域开展了这些物种的增殖放流活动，以期修复生物种群。

Unique identifier: GP0STQYHO

Type: Image

Shoot date: 18/12/2016

Locations: Asia, China, East Asia, Shandong

Credit line: © Zhu Li / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Overfishing of Juvenile Fish in China

In December 2016, Greenpeace documented the intense overfishing of juvenile and "trash" fish - fish too young and/or too small for human consumption - in Shandong province, one of the major fishery regions in China. Greenpeace East Asia's investigation estimates that up to one third of China's total annual catch is "trash fish" - that is equivalent to the entire annual catch of Japan.
Overfishing over the past 30 years has destroyed much of the cycle of life in China’s waters. As result there are fewer and fewer mature fish. What’s left are quantities of juvenile fish, called “trash fish” by fishermen. Inedible for humans, the trash fish are processed for use as aquaculture feed. China has the world’s largest aquaculture industry. It consumes more than 7 million of domestic wild fish yearly and that demand is driving intensive fishing of juvenile fish. A vicious cycle causing even more damage to China’s seas.

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