The Third International Stock Enhancement & Searanching

OVERVIEW OF CURRENT AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN CHINA

1 & 2. STRENGTHEN AQUATIC RESOURCE PROTECTION, ENHANCE ECOLOGICAL CULTURE CONSTRUCTION AND FISHERIES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - CHINA'S AQUATIC RESOURCE PROTECTION, ACTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS


ZHAO Xing-wu

Director of Fisheries Bureau
Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing

In this report, the Chinese policies on aquatic resource protection will be discussed, along with major stock enhancement release projects, protected areas for commercially important biological resources, mandatory moratorium periods, protection of endangered wild aquatic animals and aquatic ecosystem protection etc.. The economic, ecological and social achievements of aquatic resource protection will be summarized, and future trends and developments will be discussed.