Analysis: China dominates 44% of world’s fishing activity

Oceana

Oceana reveals the global scale of China’s visible fishing fleet 

Launched on International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (5 June 2025), new Oceana  analysis of China’s global fishing activity worldwide reports that the country’s 57,000  industrial fishing vessels dominated 44% of the world’s fishing activity between 2022 and 2024. 

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