The Ministry of Agriculture decides to expand the pilot scope of the aquaculture license system this year

Introduction: In order to strengthen the macro management of aquaculture, further improve the aquaculture license system, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of aquaculture producers, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of aquaculture, in accordance with the Fisheries Law of the people's Republic of China and other relevant laws, regulations and national policies, the Ministry of Agriculture decided to expand the pilot range of aquaculture license system this year, and determine Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, etc Regions are the contact points for issuing aquaculture certificates Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture held a symposium on the implementation of aquaculture license system in Beijing Qi Jingfa, Vice Minister of the Ministry of agriculture, attended the Symposium and made an important speech In his speech, vice minister Qi Jingfa pointed out that the aquaculture license system is a basic system of China's fisheries, which is of great significance for promoting and safeguarding the healthy development of aquaculture industry and safeguarding the rights and interests of fishermen In the past 20 years of reform and opening up, the main growth point of China's fishery development is aquaculture Historically, China's fisheries were dominated by fishing Until the end of the 1970s, the fishing output still accounted for more than 70% In the early 1990s, the situation changed, and the aquaculture production began to exceed the fishing production By the end of last year, China's aquaculture output had reached 27.26 million tons, accounting for 62% of the total output of aquatic products The export of aquaculture products amounted to US $1.5 billion, accounting for nearly 40% of the total export There were 10 million people engaged in aquaculture nationwide Now, 70% of the world's aquaculture products are produced in China Aquaculture has expanded the development space of China's fisheries, promoted the adjustment of industrial structure in rural areas and fishing areas, and become an important area for fishermen and farmers to obtain employment and increase their income The establishment of aquaculture license system is not only the institutionalization and legalization of aquaculture management mode in China with joint production contracting as the main content, but also the encouragement and protection for fishermen and farmers to develop the beach water surface owned by the whole people and develop aquaculture industry According to incomplete statistics, by the end of 2000, more than 310000 aquaculture licenses had been issued in China, with an area of 1.57 million hectares, accounting for 25% of the total Among them, 304000 were issued in inland waters, 1.08 million hectares were issued, 6437 were issued in the sea, and 490000 hectares were issued The practice of these years has proved that the implementation of the aquaculture license system is of great significance to the maintenance of the legitimate rights and interests of aquaculture producers, the rational planning of the layout of aquaculture industry and the sustainable and healthy development of aquaculture industry At the same time, vice minister Qi Jingfa pointed out that the general situation of China's fisheries, especially aquaculture, is good Aquaculture has become an important part of the strategic adjustment of agricultural and rural economic structure At the same time, the fishery itself has a problem of structural optimization Aquaculture is still the main aspect of fishery development in the future, but the key is to adjust the production layout and variety structure according to the resource and market demand, and strive to improve product quality and economic benefits While paying attention to the development, we should also attach great importance to some outstanding problems existing in the current breeding industry For example, on the one hand, with the overall development of China's economy, the contradiction in the utilization of water beaches has become more prominent More and more aquaculture water beaches have been occupied and reclaimed at will, and some key commercial fish bases and suburban fishing grounds invested and constructed by the state have been allocated and expropriated free of charge; some important aquatic germplasm resources habitats and public seedling and fishing grounds have been auctioned, and fishermen's rights and interests have been auctioned There are more violations and disputes; the pollution of industrial and urban sewage to fishery waters is increasing, some water environment is damaged, and aquaculture production is lost, etc., and the legitimate rights and interests of fishermen are not effectively protected On the other hand, due to the inadequate aquaculture planning in the water area, unreasonable aquaculture layout in some areas, excessive density, and unreasonable aquaculture methods, the aquaculture water pollution is becoming increasingly serious There are many reasons for these problems It is very important that we pay less attention to scientific planning and management according to law in the process of developing aquaculture At present, most of the cultivated water beaches have not been issued with aquaculture use certificates The problems of unlicensed aquaculture and excessive development of water beaches are quite prominent in some places, and the aquaculture certificate system is being implemented Efforts to protect the legitimate rights and interests of fishermen are insufficient If we don't attach great importance to these problems, it will seriously hinder the development of aquaculture and make the aquaculture industry lose its advantages and competitiveness Therefore, the Ministry of agriculture decided to further improve the aquaculture license system and strengthen the overall management of the aquaculture industry with the aquaculture license system as the core to ensure the sustainable and healthy development of the aquaculture industry In order to do this work well, first of all, we must further improve our understanding of the importance of improving the implementation of aquaculture license system The implementation of aquaculture license system is an important basis for the stability of aquaculture management system, an important guarantee for the vital interests of fishermen, and a core system of aquaculture management For the specific implementation of the aquaculture license system, vice minister Qi Jingfa pointed out that all regions must have a unified understanding, strengthen leadership and ensure the smooth implementation of the pilot work The implementation of the aquaculture license system should be in accordance with the requirements of the Fisheries Law, the agricultural law, the land management law and other relevant laws and regulations as well as the relevant policies of the central government, so as to further stabilize the aquaculture use right and the contracted management right of the water area and tidal flat, maintain the stability of the basic rural economic system, protect the legitimate rights and interests of the fishermen, and promote the scientific utilization of the aquaculture water and tidal flat and the sustainability of the aquaculture industry In accordance with the national economy and regional economic development plan, and in combination with the characteristics of China's fishery structure adjustment and water resources utilization, we will make steady progress in accordance with local conditions All localities should conscientiously organize and implement the principle of "respecting history, stabilizing policies, conforming to national conditions, facilitating fishermen and benefiting development" The competent fishery administrative departments at all levels should attach great importance to and strengthen leadership, take improving the aquaculture license system as a key work of this year, and carry out aquaculture planning for water areas and beaches on the basis of investigation and investigation We should strengthen law enforcement and carry out targeted inspection activities on law enforcement of aquaculture management We will implement it step by step and actively promote it Vice Minister Qi Jingfa also stressed that two issues need to be paid attention to when promoting the pilot work of culture certificate First, we should properly handle the relationship between the aquaculture certificate and the sea area use certificate Last year, the National People's Congress enacted the law on the administration of the use of sea areas, which stipulates that the use of sea areas requires the acquisition of sea area use right certificates and the collection of sea area use fees, but at the same time, the law stipulates that the administrative department of fisheries shall, in accordance with the Fisheries Law of the people's Republic of China, exercise supervision and management over marine fisheries; the specific implementation steps and procedures for the collection of sea area use fees for fishermen's use of sea areas for aquaculture activities Measures shall be formulated separately by the State Council At the same time, all localities should, in accordance with the overall requirements of the state for agriculture and rural work, actively explore the realization form of paid use of water beaches owned by the whole people from the perspective of protecting the fundamental interests of fishermen and maintaining the stability of fishing areas and rural areas Second, we should pay attention to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of fishermen in the circulation of the right to use water beaches With regard to the circulation of the right to the use of water beaches, all localities should handle it carefully in accordance with the spirit of the No 18 document of the Central Committee of the people's Republic of China and the actual situation of fisheries We are opposed to auctioning or transferring water beaches in any name to harm the interests of fishermen Fishermen are vulnerable groups Governments at all levels and fishery management departments should protect their vital interests, which is the concrete embodiment of practicing the thought of "Three Represents", and we must attach great importance to it No organization or individual is allowed to reclaim the contracted waters and beaches of fishermen at will, or to replace or force the circulation under the pretext of large-scale operation, thus infringing the legitimate rights and interests of fishermen Li Jianhua, deputy director of the Fisheries Bureau of the Ministry of agriculture, and Zhang synthetic respectively made speeches on the specific implementation of the pilot work of the aquaculture license system More than 100 leading comrades from all departments of fishery administration and some local governments attended the symposium.