FIRST Word
Fish
Frenzy
Earlier in the year, Chinese customs
announced the first drop in seafood export
seen for 26 years. However, an answering
market may come from domestic Chinese
consumers, as it seems they are developing
both the will and the means to eat more
aqueous animals. While the annual seafood
consumption in China is currently 26 kilos
per capita, this number is expected to
increase by 40% over the next decade to
36 kilos per capita.
34.43
million metric
tons of seafood gets
produced in China annu-
ally. This makes up 67% of the world’s seafood output, making
China the seafood capital of the world for nine years running.
India comes in a far-behind second, making up just 6% of the
world’s seafood output.
30,000
chinese
f i s h i n g
vessels are
projected to be scrapped in 2010, as an effort from the Chinese
government to reduce the environmental impact of overfish-
ing. China plans to reduce its fishing fleet to 160,000 vessels by
2020. If this seems like a lot, China had 220, 390 fishing vessels
in 2002.
$4.69
billion UsD worth
of seafood was exported
from China in the first
half of 2009, which translates into 1.19 million kilograms. The
seafood export industry accounts for over 25% of China’s total
aquaculture and agriculture exports.
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