China grows mariculture output in first seven months of 2024

Published 2024년 9월 11일

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In the first seven months of 2024, China's mariculture output rose by 5.2 percent to 13 million metric tons, contributing to a 4 percent increase in overall seafood production. The Chinese government has been expanding large mariculture facilities and tightening freshwater aquaculture supervision, attracting significant investments from state conglomerates like Guoxin Development Group. China aims to sustainably boost aquaculture output, improve wild-caught fisheries governance, and enhance fishery resource conservation and law enforcement. Additionally, China plans to increase seafood trade and support other countries in growing their aquaculture through technology transfer.

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China grew its mariculture output in the first seven months of 2024, according to ministerial data, thanks to concerted efforts made by the country’s government to grow the practice.Output from seawater-based aquaculture rose 5.2 percent year over year between January and July of this year, resulting in 13 million metric tons (MT) of production in the period, according to data published by the fisheries bureau at the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.China’s overall seafood output rose by 4 percent in the same period, with output from aquaculture and mariculture together rising to 58.1 million MT.China has placed heavy emphasis in recent years on increasing output from large mariculture facilities located along the country’s coast while, in tandem, tightening supervision of the nation’s freshwater aquaculture facilities. This has led to a surge of investment by deep-pocketed state conglomerates for mariculture operations along with an increased investment in indoor ...

Source: Seafoodsource