ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Mar. Sci.
Sec. Marine Pollution
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1679193
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvances in Marine Environmental Protection: Challenges, Solutions and Perspectives Volume IIView all 56 articles
The Fishing Moratorium Regime under the Framework of Global Marine Governance: Insights from China
Provisionally accepted
Wei Yuan1
Xuejiao Pan2*- 1Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China
- 2Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China
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More than four decades after the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), global marine living resources have seen enhanced protection, yet a significant proportion remain under severe strain. Fisheries resources, inherently renewable, now face compromised sustainability due to expanding economic activities and ever-increasing human demands. Current solutions—such as establishing marine protected areas, combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, and forming fisheries management organizations—address certain aspects of resource conservation but lack precision. This study is based on a systematic review of Chinese legal instruments, ministry notices and national fishery statistics (CMARA, China Fishery Statistical Yearbook) and relevant international instruments. From the perspective of global ocean governance, this study analyzes the origins, implementation, and innovations of China's fishing moratorium system, proposing actionable and globally scalable recommendations. The aim is to advance targeted and efficient strategies for sustaining fishery resources and strengthening global ocean governance.
Keywords: Fishing Moratorium System, Fisheries resources, Fisheries law, United Nations convention on the law of the sea (unclos), Global ocean governance
Received: 04 Aug 2025; Accepted: 29 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yuan and Pan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Xuejiao Pan, pxj_0906@dufe.edu.cn
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