Discussion on the Implementation of the Community-based Fisheries Management in China

The traditional fisheries management put more emphasis on the direct control of the government. With the development of market economy and the government management, the community-based fisheries management is forwarded as an approach to solving the dilemma of the traditional fisheries management. Therefore, this paper firstly summed up the concept of he community-based fisheries management, and classified the practices of foreign countries. On that basis, the function mechanism and the conditions to implement it were analyzed with institutional economics. Then, studies were carried out on the necessity and feasibility of implementing the community-based fisheries management in China, with the conclusion that it would be an appropriate solution to the problems in China's fisheries management and the current national policies and the situation of fisheries communities provided good circumstances for its implementation. At last, suggestions were put forward that the community-based fisheries management could be implemented in China from two aspects: the government, and fishers or fisheries related interest groups.