"Fishing" is not as good as "fish farming"

Introduction: Zhejiang Province has made remarkable achievements in fishery structural adjustment According to the latest annual report of Zhejiang Province, in 2001, the total fishery output value of the province reached 31.5 billion yuan, including 16 billion yuan of aquaculture output value and 15.5 billion yuan of fishing output value In the history of Zhejiang Province, the aquaculture output value exceeded the fishing output value for the first time "Fishing is not as good as fish farming," said one fisherman "It's much safer to do business than to go to the sea and earn a lot more." The stability and income increase of fishermen are related to the overall situation of Zhejiang Province Marine fishing was once the mainstay of Fisheries in Zhejiang Province, accounting for about 75% of the total output of aquatic products It was also the guarantee for the survival of 982 fishing villages, more than 500000 fishermen and nearly one million people in fishing areas With the entry into force of the "China South Korea" and "China Japan" fishery agreements, the number of 2796 Zhejiang fishing boats operating in the waters of the ROK has plummeted to 550, including the sail net and crab cage operations with better economic benefits The situation of fishery is very severe It is imperative for Zhejiang fishermen to change their industries and adjust their fishery structure For this reason, the Zhejiang provincial government has issued several policy opinions on speeding up the structural adjustment of marine fishery and effectively reducing the burden of fishermen According to the spirit of the opinions, the special funds for the structural adjustment of fishery and the transfer of fishermen's industries and production in Zhejiang Province are nearly 200 million yuan each year Zhoushan, Ningbo, Taizhou and Wenzhou, the major fishing cities in Zhejiang Province, have also introduced policies to support aquaculture Zhoushan City, which has always been famous for marine fishing, put forward the slogan of "focusing on aquaculture and reducing fishing" for the first time at the "mobilization conference of fishery structure adjustment of the whole city" held in September last year, and arranged 40 million yuan of financial funds and 100 million yuan of discount loans every year for fishery structure adjustment In Daishan County, a big fishing County, fishermen's thinking is changing from the traditional concept of "one year is better than one season" to "the only way to revitalize Daishan fishery is to develop aquaculture" The abandoned sea areas, beaches and ponds in this county have been completely contracted by fishermen At present, the farming efficiency of one mu of ponds has reached about 2500 yuan, and the income of many farmers has exceeded the past fishing income In Zhujiajian town of Putuo, one third of the fishermen who used to engage in marine fishing have put down their oars and started to engage in secondary and tertiary industries, with more than 1000 individual businesses In 2001, the project of crab breeding in Zhujiajian town alone brought 30000 and 50000 yuan per capita income to the farmers in the whole town According to statistics, at present, the cultivation area of Zhejiang Province has reached 4.85 million mu, and the total area of rice cultivation has reached 6.35 million mu Zhejiang Province has started the "second venture" of fishery and showed a good development prospect.