Evaluation on Fishing Capacity in the Fujian Inshore Fishing Based on Fishing Area and Fishing Method and the Effective Classification of DEA

The comparison measurement of Fujian inshore fishing area and fishing method was carried out respectively and effective classified by applying DEA method from 2001 to 2006.The results showed that: the annual average of capacity utilization of six offshore cities varied from 79.0% to 85.8%,with an average value of 82.7%.Among them,the capacity utilization in Fuzhou and Quanzhou maintained the highest(100%),Ningde(91.9%),Putian(84.4%),Zhangzhou(75.7%),Xiamen(44.3%) was followed,and annual average of capacity utilization in 2005 began to show a fell.Annual average of capacity utilization of six kinds of offshore fishing methods varied from 66.3% to 75.9%,with an average value of 72.3%.Among them,bottom trawls,purse seine and set net maintained the highest(100%),other fishing methods(70.6%),fishing tackle(33.8%) was second,and gillnet(31.1%) was lowest,the annual average of capacity utilization continued to decline year by year.According to the results of effective classification,the average value of 6 years were as follows: Fuzhou and Quanzhou maintained first class,Ningde 1.8,Zhangzhou 2,Putian 2.2,and Xiamen 3.5;trawls,purse seine and set net maintained first class and other methods were second class,fishing tackle 3.2,gillnet 3.5.Evaluation results suggest that effective reduction of excess fishing capacity and optimize the fishery structure are one of the most important tasks in current coastal fisheries management in our province.