China’s industrial fishing fleet accounted for 44% of all visible fishing activity worldwide between 2022 and 2024.
A total of 57,000 Chinese-flagged vessels fished for over 110 million hours during this period.
Chinese vessels conducted 30% of high seas fishing, totaling more than 8.3 million hours.
China’s fleet operated in over 90 countries’ waters and was most active near South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Kiribati, and Papua New Guinea.
The analysis relies on AIS data and shows only vessels flagged to China that transmit automatic identification signals.
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