Sino-Japanese Fisheries Cooperation Dialogue Held in Shanghai
Published May 27, 2025
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On May 26, a China-Japan Fisheries Cooperation Dialogue was held in Shanghai, jointly chaired by relevant officials from the Fisheries and Fisheries Management Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Resources Management Department of the Fisheries Agency of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Both sides mutually reported on fisheries development and management situations, and exchanged progress on conducting resource monitoring, assessment, and conservation management in the East China Sea. The Chinese side introduced work and achievements in recent years regarding promoting green aquaculture development, strengthening near-sea fishing management, regulating distant-water fisheries, enhancing aquatic biological resource conservation, and combating illegal fishing. The Japanese side introduced recent revisions to fisheries resource assessment and management systems and assessment results for surface fish species such as horse mackerel in the East China Sea. Both sides also exchanged opinions on strengthening eel resource conservation and management and other issues of mutual concern. During the meeting, both sides jointly conducted on-site inspections of the East Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences and the Shanghai Aquatic Wild Animal and Plant Protection Center, understanding fisheries resource surveys and protection management of species like the Chinese sturgeon.
Both sides unanimously agreed that China and Japan have a solid cooperation foundation and broad cooperation space in the fisheries sector, that conserving East China Sea fisheries resources is a shared responsibility, and that maintaining close communication, strengthening dialogue and exchange, and enhancing mutual understanding and trust are necessary. Both sides will use this dialogue as an opportunity to further deepen cooperation foundations, expand cooperation fields, and promote healthy development of China-Japan fisheries and sustainable utilization of East China Sea fisheries resources.
Both sides mutually reported on fisheries development and management situations, and exchanged progress on conducting resource monitoring, assessment, and conservation management in the East China Sea. The Chinese side introduced work and achievements in recent years regarding promoting green aquaculture development, strengthening near-sea fishing management, regulating distant-water fisheries, enhancing aquatic biological resource conservation, and combating illegal fishing. The Japanese side introduced recent revisions to fisheries resource assessment and management systems and assessment results for surface fish species such as horse mackerel in the East China Sea. Both sides also exchanged opinions on strengthening eel resource conservation and management and other issues of mutual concern. During the meeting, both sides jointly conducted on-site inspections of the East Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences and the Shanghai Aquatic Wild Animal and Plant Protection Center, understanding fisheries resource surveys and protection management of species like the Chinese sturgeon.
Both sides unanimously agreed that China and Japan have a solid cooperation foundation and broad cooperation space in the fisheries sector, that conserving East China Sea fisheries resources is a shared responsibility, and that maintaining close communication, strengthening dialogue and exchange, and enhancing mutual understanding and trust are necessary. Both sides will use this dialogue as an opportunity to further deepen cooperation foundations, expand cooperation fields, and promote healthy development of China-Japan fisheries and sustainable utilization of East China Sea fisheries resources.
Original content
On May 26, a China-Japan Fisheries Cooperation Dialogue was held in Shanghai, jointly chaired by relevant officials from the Fisheries and Fisheries Management Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Resources Management Department of the Fisheries Agency of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Both sides mutually reported on fisheries development and management situations, and exchanged progress on conducting resource monitoring, assessment, and conservation management in the East China Sea. The Chinese side introduced work and achievements in recent years regarding promoting green aquaculture development, strengthening near-sea fishing management, regulating distant-water fisheries, enhancing aquatic biological resource conservation, and combating illegal fishing. The Japanese side reported on recent revisions to fisheries resource assessment and management systems and assessment results for surface fish species such as horse mackerel ...
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