The report of "nature" is untrue. China has not falsely reported the fishing yield

Introduction: Xinhuanet, Beijing, December 17 - Yang Jian, director of the Department of Fisheries of the Ministry of agriculture, said in an interview today that the statistics of fishing yield published by China are basically accurate and did not provide the international community with figures higher than the actual yield Yang Jian said that China's statistics on fishing yield is conducted in strict accordance with the statistics law and the statistical system approved by the National Bureau of statistics, which is different from the internationally accepted sampling survey Of course, there are still imperfections in the statistical process, and the Chinese government is very willing to cooperate with international organizations in improving this work Two Canadian scientists, Reggie Watson and Daniel poly, published a paper in the British journal Nature on November 29 this year They believe that while the world's fishery resources continue to decline, the global fishing output published by the FAO has increased, because some countries, including China, have reported more fishing output to the FAO since 1980, misleading the organization The international community's understanding of fishery resources Yang Jian pointed out that over the past 20 years, the increase in China's fishing output is in line with common sense As aquatic products are one of the first commodities that the government has liberalized prices, market demand has greatly stimulated the development of this industry China's fishing fleet increased from 49000 in 1980 to more than 280000 last year At present, fishery is still a highly profitable industry in agriculture "Moreover, China's fishing industry has its own characteristics Because of our unique diet culture and social and economic conditions, many developed countries do not use aquatic products, such as crabs and jellyfish, which also account for a considerable proportion of the fishing output, "he said." the calculation model adopted by Canadian scientists is not necessarily suitable for China's characteristics " However, the Chinese government has always attached great importance to the protection of fishery resources At present, China has implemented a comprehensive Fishing Moratorium of two to three months every year This year, more than 130000 large fishing vessels, which may cause damage to resources, entered the fishing moratorium, involving more than 1 million fishermen Yang Jian pointed out that China's fishing output last year decreased by 1.35% compared with the previous year, and this year's decline may be even greater Since 1998, the number of new fishing boats has not increased due to the strict control of the fishing sector China also plans to reduce 30000 fishing boats over the next five years.