Women Fix Fishing Net in Shidao

Women fix fishing nets at a dock in Shidao, Shandong, China. Shandong is one of the main fishery regions in China.

In original language:

女人们在码头边织补渔网

2016年12月16日，山东石岛，女人们在码头边织补渔网。为了更好地管理渔业资源，我国出台了一系列渔业管理规定，包括规定禁渔期、禁渔区、渔网网眼的尺寸、准用和禁用渔具的类型等等，但对饲料鱼的捕捞和交易却缺乏系统性的管控。

Unique identifier: GP0STQYHR

Type: Image

Shoot date: 16/12/2016

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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