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TABLE 1
Mariculture production in China, 2005
Source: Xianjie (2008)TABLE 2
The geographic distribution of cultured marine finfish production in China
Geographical region Production (tonnes) Species/species groups
Coastal areas of the Yellow and
Bohai Seas^184 000 Flatfish (e.g. introduced turbot and sole)
Shandong province 120 000 Details not available
Liaoning province 47 000
Fujian province* 150 000 Large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea), red
drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), red seabream (Pagrus
major), black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegelii
schlegelii)Zhejiang province* 40 000
Jiangsu province* 18 000
Guangdong province** 223 000 Orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides),
Hong Kong grouper (E. akaara), flathead mullet
(Mugil cephalus), Japanese seaperch (Lateolabrax
japonicus), barramundi (Lates calcarifer), (Amoy
croaker (Agyrosomus amoyensis), Nibea coibor,
Pomadsys hasta, red seabream, goldlined
seabream (Rhabdosargus sarba), black porgy,
red drum, cobia, (Rachycentron canadum),
derbio (Trachinotus ovatus), four-eyed sleeper
(Bostrichthys sinensis), Takifugu obscurusGuangxi Autonomous Region** 25 000
Hainan province** 20 000*Coastal provinces of eastern China.
** Provinces and regions of the South China Sea.
Source: Xianjie (2008)There are three major types of marine finfish farming systems in China: indoor
culture, pond culture and cage culture, and the culture techniques used in these systems
are being refined continuously. The indoor culture of marine finfish is found mainly
in Shandong and Liaoning provinces around the Yellow and Bohai seas in northern
China. The major species groups cultured are flatfishes, breams and puffer.
Group/Species Production (tonnes)
Sea perch 87 994
Left-eyed flatfish 76 884
Large yellow croaker 69 641
Red drum 45 742
Breams 44 222
Groupers 38 915
Cobia 18 882
Fugu 18 802
Yellowtails 11 973
Right-eyed flatfish 5 676
Other fish species 240 197
Total finfish 658 928
Shrimp
Pacific white shrimp 407 642
Giant tiger prawn 75 731
Fleshy prawn 49 901
Kuruma shrimp 41 090
Other shrimp species 49 794
Total shrimp 624 158
Crabs
Swimming crab 79 068
Mud crab 111 423
Other crab species 13 805
Total crabs 204 296