Greening China's Fish and Fish Products Market Supply Chains

China is the world's largest producer, consumer, and exporter of seafood, meaning its supply chain practices significantly impact global aquatic resource sustainability. While the Chinese system excels in aquaculture scale and value addition, it faces weaknesses in traceability and sustainable harvesting of live coral reef fish. The report analyzes three specific supply chains—tilapia, cod, and grouper—and provides recommendations to the Chinese government to address sustainability needs.

• China has become the global leader in the seafood sector as the largest producer, consumer, and exporter, and its market supply chain activities influence the sustainability of aquatic resources worldwide.
• The Chinese aquatic trading system demonstrates strengths in aquaculture scale and the ability to add value through high utilization of caught fish and the extraction of cosmetic and medicinal ingredients, though it struggles with the traceability of reprocessed products and unsustainable imports of live coral reef fish.
• The report focuses its analysis on three specific market supply chains: the export and domestic consumption of tilapia aquaculture, the import of cod for processing and re-export to the USA and Europe, and the luxury trade of grouper reef fish from Southeast Asia.

APA

Zhang,, A. J. H. P. C. Z. C. M. P. (2011). Greening China's Fish and Fish Products Market Supply Chains. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/greening-chinas-fish-and-fish-products-market-supply-chains

Chicago

Zhang,, Arthur J. Hanson,Jason Potts,He Cui,Linlin Zou,Shelley Clarke,Geoffrey Muldoon,Jason Potts,Huihui. Greening China's Fish and Fish Products Market Supply Chains. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2011. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/greening-chinas-fish-and-fish-products-market-supply-chains.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{zhang2011greening, author = {Zhang,, Arthur J. Hanson,Jason Potts,He Cui,Linlin Zou,Shelley Clarke,Geoffrey Muldoon,Jason Potts,Huihui}, title = {{Greening China's Fish and Fish Products Market Supply Chains}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2011}, month = jul, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/greening-chinas-fish-and-fish-products-market-supply-chains}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }