Fishing capacity management in China: Theoretic and practical perspectives

An overview of marine fisheries management in China

“…However, some of these measures have not achieved the anticipated effects [53][54][55]. The problems of resource declines and environmental deterioration are still serious [14,53,54,[56][57][58].…”

Global fishing effort (1950–2010): Trends, gaps, and implications

“…In the published literature, fishing effort is expressed in the following ways: (1) number of vessels (Dunn et al, 2009;Rodríguez-Quiroz et al, 2009); (2) size (or tonnage) of vessels (Bordalo-Machado, 2006;FAO, 2009;World Bank, 2009); (3) spatial and temporal intensity of fishing such as 'days at sea', 'hauls, tows, or trips per unit of space or time', etc. (Mangel et al, 2010); (4) dimension and characteristics of fishing gears such as number of hooks, number of pots, or total length of nets (Pons et al, 2010;Waddington and Meeuwig, 2009); (5) engine power (horsepower or kilowatt) (Bordalo-Machado, 2006;Mu et al, 2007;Yu and Yu, 2008); and (6) the use of advanced technological aids such as fish finders (Karakulak, 2004;Melvin et al, 2002) (Appendix B.1-3). Increasing skills of skippers and fishing crews also contribute to the effectiveness of fishing effort and capacity (Pascoe and Coglan, 2002;Squires and Kirkley, 1999).…”

Chinese fisheries enforcement: Environmental and strategic implications

“…In their important 2008 article in Marine Policy, for example, researchers Yu Huiguo and Yu Yunjun noted China's ''overexploitation and misuse of marine coastal resources as well as marine pollution'' [3]. Among the methods that they highlighted in Beijing's efforts to try to address this dismal situation, included: (1) the fishing license system, (2) the mid-summer fishing moratorium, (3) the ''zero growth'' policy, (4) limitations on fishing-boat size, (5) a fishing boat scrapping program and (6) initiatives to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.…”