In January 2017, Greenpeace documents the intense overfishing of juvenile and "trash" fish - fish too young and/or too small for human consumption - in Fujian 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. The fishing of these "trash fish" is being fed by huge demand from China's booming aquaculture industry, which uses them as fish feed. 

2017年1月，绿色和平拍摄了一支小短片，纪录中国最主要的渔业地区——福建省对于还未来得及长大、不能为人类所消费的小鱼或废鱼的过度捕捞现象。绿色和平调查预估这种“废鱼”占中国每年捕鱼量的1/3以上，相当于日本全年的捕鱼量。中国水产养殖业巨大的鱼饵需求量极大的刺激了对于小鱼、废鱼的捕捞。当海里捕捞不到高品质的大鱼，渔民便从大海退回到海岸做养殖，去养那些能卖出高价的石斑、大黄鱼和鲈鱼。可这些鱼都是肉食性的，于是渔民就去海里捕捞还未长大的小鱼小虾作为饲料。换句话说，养殖场里的鱼越多，海里野生的鱼就越少。用环保的术语，这是一种“不可持续”的养殖方式。