China’s marine fisheries reform

There is a rapid and continues decrease in fish stock in the world. China as one of the countries with highest global catch volume, policies and regulations on fishery industries would have a huge impact on the global fish stock. A research team from local and oversea researchers on marine fisheries experts stated that china’s fisheries conservation plan has the opportunities of achieving a paradigm shift in marine fisheries management (Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2017).

In the report published by Ling Cao and Rosamond Naylor, where they examine the history of policies and outcome on marine fisheries in China. They also demonstrate on how China’s design of fisheries management can benefit from the leading science. They have found out that China needs an institutional reform in order to achieve a better marine fisheries management. The researcher believes that new institution should be science base management, the main objective would be prioritising in securing fishing access, setting consistency regulations across provinces and providing educations on both professions and to the general public (Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2017).

The researcher also stated that there is a cultural norm in china’s fisheries resources, they believe that understanding the cultural would lead to a better bond international community in marine science. The Chinese government is planning to include marine ecosystem protection as one of the important environmental agenda of the government. China has planned to improve through programs on fisheries and aquaculture while having better controls on coastal development and marine resources management (Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2017).

I believe that since China has almost one-fifth of the global catch volume, it is important for the Chinese government to regulate or having a better design on marine management since it is a huge impact on environmental sustainability. I also believe that understand the different cultural norms or regulations on the marine management, it would not only benefit the environment of the ocean but also it can improve the social sustainability between countries.

Furthermore, China has a large population with large food demand, if the fisheries management is poor quality, it could lead to huge environment impacts of ocean thus leads to the insufficient food supply. The impact of poor fisheries management would lead to catastrophic results.

Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences. (2017 January 16).  How China is poised for marine fisheries reform.  ScienceDaily. Available at: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170116160537.htm. (Accessed May 21, 2017).