National Fisheries Economic Statistics Communique 2012

With the Party Central Committee and State Council’s high attention and the correct leadership of the Party's Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, the development of fisheries in 2012 has achieved steady progress, good progress in entering China. The fishery economy continued to grow rapidly, the total amount of aquatic products steadily increased, the aquatic products market operated smoothly, and fishermen’s income continued to grow rapidly.

I. Total output value and added value of fishery economics in the whole society

Calculated according to the current year's prices, the total output value of the fishery economy of the entire society was 173.2281 billion yuan, and the added value was 791.522 billion yuan, an increase of 15.44% and 15.02% year-on-year respectively; of which the fishery output value was 904.875 billion yuan, and the added value was 507.795 billion yuan, an increase of 14.77% year-on-year. And 14.87%; fishery industry and construction industry output value of RMB 412.719 billion, realized added value of RMB 143.657 billion, an increase of 17.03% and 15.10% over the same period of last year; fishery circulation and service industry output value of RMB 414.594 billion, realized added value of RMB 14.004 billion, an increase over the same period last year. 15.35% and 15.49%. The ratio of the three production values ​​is 52:24:24.

Among the fishery production value, the marine fishing output value was 170.667 billion yuan, and the added value was 96.535 billion yuan, an increase of 14.66% and 18.89% year-on-year respectively; the value of marine aquaculture production was 226.454 billion yuan, and the added value was 130.816 billion yuan, an increase of 17.25% and 14.61% year-on-year respectively; The value of freshwater fishing was 36.985 billion yuan, and the added value was 20.940 billion yuan, an increase of 15.93% and 9.68% year-on-year; the value of freshwater aquaculture was 419.482 billion yuan, and the added value was 233.309 billion yuan, an increase of 12.77% and 13.50% year-on-year, respectively; RMB 51.287 billion, with an added value of 26.963 billion yuan, an increase of 20.55% and 18.63% year-on-year (the value of fishery output and value added are based on the annual statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics).

Second, the per capita net income of fishermen

According to a sample survey of the income and expenditure of 10,000 fishermen in the country that year, the per capita net income of the fishermen was 11,256 yuan, an increase of 1,244.44 yuan or 12.43% over the previous year.

Third, aquatic product output and per capita occupancy

The total output of aquatic products nationwide was 59.0786 million tons, an increase of 5.43% over the previous year. Among them, the aquaculture production was 48.838 million tons, an increase of 6.59% over the same period of last year, and the catch production was 16.9132 million tons, an increase of 2.49% year-on-year. The proportion of aquaculture products and fishing products is 73:27. The output of seawater products was 30,333.4 thousand tons, an increase of 4.31% year-on-year; the output of freshwater products was 28,743,300 tons, an increase of 6.65% year-on-year. The ratio of seawater and freshwater products is 51:49. The per capita possession of aquatic products was 43.63 kg, an increase of 4.91% year-on-year.

Aquaculture production was 163.8381 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.96%. Among them, fish production was 1.0284 million tons, an increase of 6.66%; crustacean production was 1,246,600 tons, an increase of 10.86%; shellfish production was 12,084,400 tons, an increase of 4.68%; algae production was 1,764,700 tons, an increase of 10.17%.

The output of freshwater aquaculture was 26,445,400 tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.98%. Among them, fish production was 23,341,100 tons, an increase of 6.80% over the previous year; crustacean production was 2,3430,000 tons, an increase of 8.25% over the previous year; shellfish production was 258,800 tons, an increase of 2.60% over the same period of last year.

Domestic marine catches amounted to 12,67,900 tons, an increase of 2.03% over the same period of last year. Among them, fish production was 8,758,500 tons, an increase of 1.37%; crustacean production was 2,207,400 tons, an increase of 5.55%; shellfish production was 536,400 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.54%; algae production was 25,700 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.97%; Foot production was 698,900 tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.53%.

Freshwater fishing production 2,299,000 tons, an increase of 2.94%. Among them, fish production was 1.6360 million tons, an increase of 3.38%; crustacean production was 349,900 tons, an increase of 6.15%; shellfish production was 280,800 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.02%; algae 36 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 18.18%.

The offshore fisheries output was 1,122,400 tons, an increase of 6.59% over the same period of last year.

IV. Aquaculture area

The national aquaculture area was 8,088.4 million hectares, an increase of 3.23% over the same period of last year. Among them, aquaculture area is 2,180.93 thousand hectares, accounting for 26.96% of the total aquaculture area, an increase of 3.54%; freshwater aquaculture area is 5907.48 million hectares, accounting for 73.04% of the total area of ​​aquaculture, an increase of 3.12% over the same period of last year.

In the aquaculture area, the fish culture area was 72.90 thousand hectares, a year-on-year decrease of 1.35%; the crustacean aquaculture area was 289.95 million hectares, a year-on-year decrease of 5.67%; the shellfish aquaculture area was 1,474.89 million hectares, an increase of 4.67%; the algae cultivation area was 120.80 thousand. Ha, an increase of 1.32% over the same period last year.

Among the freshwater aquaculture area, the pond aquaculture area was 2256.86 thousand hectares, an increase of 4.77%; the reservoir aquaculture area was 1911.47 million hectares, an increase of 3.22%; the lake aquaculture area was 1024.79 million hectares, an increase of 0.17%; the river ditch aquaculture area was 274.82 million hectares, a year-on-year increase. 0.78%; other aquaculture areas were 129.55 thousand hectares, a year-on-year decrease of 1.17%; paddy fields had a cultivated area of ​​1294.92 hectares, an increase of 7.20%. The area of ​​ponds, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and other farming methods accounted for 43.45%, 17.35%, 32.36%, 4.65%, and 2.19% of the total freshwater aquaculture area, respectively.

V. The number of fishing vessels

At the end of the year, the total number of fishing boats was 1,069,900, with a total tonnage of 1,009,850 tons and a total power of 2,173,507 kilowatts. Among them, 690,600 motor-driven fishing boats, with a total tonnage of 9,542,300 tons, and a total power of 2,133,507 kilowatts; 374,400 non-motor-driven fishing vessels with a total tonnage of 557,200 tons.

Among the motorized fishing vessels, 662,500 fishing boats were produced, with a total tonnage of 8,535,600 tons and a total power of 1977,800 kilowatts. Among the production vessels, 451,400 fishing boats, 7,700,400 tons of tonnage, and 17.3097 million kilowatts of power were used; 21.12 million cultured fishing boats, 828,200 tons of tonnage, and 2,468,200 kilowatts of power were used.

Among the motorized fishing boats, there are 280,500 mobile fishing boats for marine fishing, with a total tonnage of 7,714,300 tons and a total power of 15,905,900 kilowatts. Among the marine fishing vessels, 194,200 marine fishing vessels, 6,651,500 tons of tonnage and 13,207,800 kilowatts of power were reduced by 0.75 million, an increase of 335,200 tons and 14,900 kilowatts respectively over the previous year.

VI. Fishery Population and Fisheries Employees

The fishery population was 20,738.1 thousand people, an increase of 131,200 over the previous year, an increase of 0.64%. The number of traditional fishermen in the fishery population is 7,235,800, a decrease of 73,500 people over the previous year, a decrease of 1.01%. The number of fishery employees was 14,445,000, a decrease of 145,500 over the previous year and a decrease of 0.99%.

VII. Import and Export of Aquatic Products

According to customs statistics, in 2012 China's total imports and exports of aquatic products amounted to 7.925 million tons, a total of 26.981 billion US dollars, down 2.89% year-on-year and an increase of 4.54%. The export volume was 3,801,200 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.84%, and the export value was 18.983 billion US dollars, an increase of 6.69% year-on-year. The amount of imports was 4.138 million tons, and the import value was 7.998 billion US dollars, down by 2.94% and 0.23% respectively year-on-year.

Eighth, fishery disaster

In the whole year, due to the fisheries disaster, the affected aquaculture area was 1087.78 hectares, the loss of aquatic products was 1,385,400 tons, 874 shipwrecks were affected, 164 were dead, missing and seriously injured, and the direct economic loss was 23.739 billion yuan.