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Article: OVERFISHING IS WIDESPREAD IN CHINA: AGRICULTURE MINISTRY.
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- May 8, 2007
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BEIJING, May 8 Asia Pulse - Oversupply of fishing boats and fishermen and over-exploiting of fishery resources widely exist in China.
At present, fishermen in the country mainly adopt extensive and pirate fishing methods and they have few choices for fishing nets, said Li Jianhua recently, director of the Fishing Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Thus, fishing nets such as bottom trawl and trammel net are still playing a leading role in many areas and the operation of illegally manufactured fishing boats is also prevalent in some areas. Illegal fishing is widespread and some illegal fishing methods such as electricity fishing are still used, which ...