According to the source, seafood products include wild caught and cultured products from marine and freshwater sources, including oceans, rivers, lakes and ponds. Seafood also includes both animal and plant products.
The fishing production volume includes capture from distant waters, which amounted to around 2.19 million metric tons in 2024.
Figures for earlier years have been taken from the National Bureau of Statistics of China. Figures have been rounded.
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Seafood production volume in China 1985-2024, by fishing and aquaculture
In 2024, the total fish and seafood production in China amounted to around **** million metric tons, up from around ****Â million metric tons in 2010. The total wild caught seafood production in China amounted to around million metric tons in that year. While cultured seafood production has increased steadily over the last decades, capture production volume declined since its peak in 2015 and has been stable at around **Â million metric tons in recent years.
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