With the whistle of the fishing boat, South China Sea summer fishing ban, which had lasted two and a half months, finally come to an end at twelve o’clock yesterday, 1st August. New fishing season is officially initiated.
It’s been the 18 years since the South China Sea implemented summer fishing moratorium policy. During the two and a half months of fishing ban, more than 7, 952 fishing boats follow the rule and suspend fishing. The fishing ban concerns about 36, 475 fishermen.
On the same day, a new fishing port is also opened at Yazhou, about 50 kilometers west of Sanya in Hainan province. The total area of the port is 1, 300 mu, enjoying 1, 400 mu waters. The port will be the largest in Hainan and it’s also an national top-level central fishing port, which is also the nearest one to South China Sea fishing ground. The total investment in the port is up to 3 billion yuan and it’s constructed by two phases. The first phase is estimated to end by the end of this year, and the second will be launched in November.
Foodspath Fishing boats leaves the port for fishing as the ban ends
In the future, the port will function as the most convenient base to harboring fishing vessels, shielding ships from typhoons and serving as the unloading and replenishing center. Besides, it will also provide deep processing, cold-chain logistics, and other facilities with the aim to become the largest aquatic product collecting and distributing center of South China Sea.
1st August also marks the end of two months of fishing ban for beam shrimp trawl and other fishing mode of boats in Chinese Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. During the day, hundreds of fishing boats leave the port and start fishing in the sea. The scene is marvelous.
It’s estimated that fresh live seafood, including shrimp kind of aquatic product, like mantis shrimp, shellfishes and other cephalopoda fishes, will be available on the market in large amount in the following days.
