The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Ecology and
Environment on Sept. 28 released the China Fisheries Ecological Environment
Bulletin (2025), saying 2025 fisheries resources and aquatic ecological
conditions remained stable. A national monitoring network of 48 stations covered
four sea regions and major river basins including the Yangtze and Yellow River;
authorities conducted fisheries resource surveys and routine monitoring of 18
indicators in 164 key fisheries waters (water quality, sediment, plankton). All
monitored waters recorded zinc, lead, mercury and arsenic concentrations below
evaluation standards. In key marine fisheries waters, areas exceeding chemical
oxygen demand and petroleum limits fell 59.3% and 45.7% respectively; petroleum
exceedance areas in inland key fisheries waters fell 34.6%.
