Chinese fishermen resumed operations on Wednesday after a four-and-a-half-month fishing ban was lifted in the waters of the East China Sea near Zhejiang Province. (Photo: People's Daily Online)

In order to protect fishery resources and the ecological environment, a midsummer fishing moratorium has been adopted in China. Starting from May 1 each year, all fishermen in the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea north of 12 degrees north latitude are required to stay ashore. (Photo: People's Daily Online)

Over 1,200 vessels from a port in Ningbo, East China’s Zhejiang Province head for the East China Sea for fishing operations on September 16, 2020. (Photo: People's Daily Online)

(Photo: People's Daily Online)

(Photo: People's Daily Online)

(Photo: People's Daily Online)

(Photo: People's Daily Online)

(Photo: People's Daily Online)