Truck in Fish Meal Factory in Shidao

In a fish meal factory tons of trash fish get frozen, compressed and loaded on trucks in Shidao, Shandong, China.
Juvenile fish, called “trash fish” by fishermen, will become dry protein powder through a series of processes for use as aquaculture feed.

In original language:

来不及长大的鱼

2016年12月17日，山东石岛码头，分拣完毕的饲料鱼会被鱼粉厂收购，在码头旁边的冷冻厂被压缩成鱼板后装车运到工厂。一对30多米长的双拖网渔船，出海十天左右可以捕捞十几至二十几万公斤的饲料鱼，要用7、8辆这样的大卡车才能运完。据管理人员说，石岛港有1000多艘这样的拖网渔船。

Unique identifier: GP0STQYI1

Type: Image

Shoot date: 17/12/2016

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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