Overfishing of Juvenile Fish in Shidao

The catch of a trawler in East China sea in Shidao, Shandong, China. Besides one grown hairtail (or Cutlassfish), all the other fish were trash fish.

In original language:

来不及长大的鱼

饲料鱼不光是最近、也不光是只在黄海海域出现。图为2014年10月16日，东海海域一条拖网渔船的一网渔获，除了一条成年带鱼，其余都是饲料鱼。拖网是中国最主要的渔船类型，每年捕捞量约占中国海洋总捕捞量的一半。绿色和平的调研显示，全国拖网渔船的渔获物中，平均一半都是饲料鱼。

Unique identifier: GP0STQYI3

Type: Image

Shoot date: 16/10/2014

Locations: Asia, China, East Asia, Shandong

Credit line: © Zhu Li / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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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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