Aquaculture in China
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China, with one-fifth of the world's population, accounts for two-thirds of the world's reported aquaculture production.
The common carp was the number one fish of aquaculture in antiquity, and today is still extensively cultured worldwide.
Blood cockles (Tegillarca granosa, 泥蚶) and Chinese razor clams (Sinonovacula constricta, 缢蛏) are the main species raised in the mudflats of the Anhai Bay, near Shuitou, Fujian.
A common carp on a Ming porcelain pot, c. 1540 AD
Fishing in a fish pond system at Daye Lake near Daye
The Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) is a large fisheries research institute. It was founded in 1978 under the Ministry of Agriculture in the People's Republic of China. It is a leading research institution in China, active in almost all research areas to do with aquaculture and marine and freshwater fisheries.
Black carp
Grass carp
Silver carp