Overfishing in Shandong | Greenpeace
Zhu Li—Greenpeace
China consumes more fish than any other country in the world. In 2016, Greenpeace documented the intense overfishing of juvenile and “rough” fish—fish of little or no market value as human food—in Shandong province, one of China’s busiest fishing regions. Up to one third of China’s total annual catch, or 4 million tons, is “rough” fish. Unfit for human consumption, rough fish is used as feed for China’s aquaculture industry, the largest in the world.
Editor’s note: The images shot by Zhu (not his real name) were first published by a Chinese news outlet in August. The outlet asked that we not draw further attention to its version of the story by linking to its site. We’ve linked to the images on the website of Greenpeace, a supporter of the project.
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China consumes more fish than any other country in the world. In 2016, Greenpeace documented the intense overfishing of juvenile and “rough” fish—fish of little or no market value as human food—in Shandong province, one of China’s busiest fishing regions. Up to one third of China’s total annual catch, or 4 million tons, is “rough” fish. Unfit for human consumption, rough fish is used as feed for China’s aquaculture industry, the largest in the world.
Editor’s note: The images shot by Zhu (not his real name) were first published by a Chinese news outlet in August. The outlet asked that we not draw further attention to its version of the story by linking to its site. We’ve linked to the images on the website of Greenpeace, a supporter of the project.