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Fishing bans, 1 May to 16 Aug 2027

Summer fishing moratorium, China

From noon on 1 May, China stops most fishing in its seas for three to four and a half months, the world's largest seasonal closure.

China began a summer fishing moratorium in parts of its seas in 1995 and now applies it to the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea and the South China Sea north of 12 degrees north. It begins at noon on 1 May. It ends on 16 August in the South China Sea and the southern East China Sea, on 1 September in the Bohai and northern Yellow Sea, and as late as mid-September for some gear in the East China Sea. Tens of thousands of boats stay in port. The closure covers the spawning season of fish such as the yellow croakers and hairtail.

Still to be written: Largehead hairtail, Larimichthys polyactis, Larimichthys crocea, Chub mackerel.

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