The Growth of the Production of China's Marine Fishing Industry under the Condition of Resource Recession——An Empirical Analysis Based on the 1956-2011 Fisheries Data

Since the 1980s,the resource recession has become the obstacle of the sustainable development of China's marine fishing industry.Most researches took resources recession as given condition under which the way to solve the plight of marine fishing industry by fisheries regulation and institutional innovation was studied.Meanwhile,little attention was paid to the data of the fishery to analyze the root causes of resource recession.The fishing industry data from 1956 to 2011show that marine catches growth was significantly different at different times,regulatory policies have practical implications on marine catches.Since 1995,the production and sorting of the main fishing species remained relatively stable.The regression analysis of fishing capacity,labor and power of motor fishing vessel showed that until the mid-1980s,the marine fishing industry was basicallyopen access.The entering of a large number of rural labors into the marine fishing industry led to the resources recession;after the mid-1980s,the huge fishing capacity result from the strengthening of marine fishing industry regulation and the rising power of motor fishing vessel was the main cause of resource recession.Marine fishing industry still maintained a high yields in the long-run under conditions of resource recession and most catches of fish stocks kept sustained growth.This is due to the advances in technology and the increase of fishing areas and fishing species.