Chinese puzzle: Despite devolution of power, only better co-ordination between the central and provincial/local governments will save Chinese fisheries

Mathew, Sebastian (1999) Chinese puzzle: Despite devolution of power, only better co-ordination between the central and provincial/local governments will save Chinese fisheries. Samudra Report (24). pp. 39-43. ISSN Samudra Report

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Abstract

With a seaboard of 320,000 km and a continental shelf of 374,000 sq km, China is the largest producer of fish in the world. In 1997, its marine fish production amounted to over 20 million tonnes. Most of the marine production is taken from the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea. The most commercially significant species are hairtail, small yellow croaker, large yellow croaker, filefish, round scad, Japanese anchovy, chub mackerel, Japanese Spanish mackerel, golden thread fin, pomfret, blue crab, conger pike, Chinese herring and various species of shrimp.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0294
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, China, Fisheries Management, Marine Fisheries, Fisheries Statistics, Fishing Capacity
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2021 11:40
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 14:32
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/684

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