The status and analysis of light seine fishery on Minnan-Taiwan bank fishing ground

According to production statistics and resources monitoring data of light seine fishery on Minnan-Taiwan bank fishing ground(116°00′~119°30′E, 22°00′~24°30′N)during 1987 to 2003 in Fujian, this paper studied and analyzed the status, developmental evolvement and utilization status of resources. The results showed that the light seiner had decreased continually with the station in marine fishery declining constantly due to development of single trawlers and drift gill net; fishing vessels became large and fishing ground was pushed to deep water, significant development had been achieved in light-source fittings technology; Decapterus maruadsi was dominant in the catch, the percent of Pneumatophorus japonicus increased and Sardinella aurita fluctuated obviously. This paper also put forward a series of management suggestion of optimizing fishing structure and reasonable utilizing the fisheries resources such as to improve and enhance the fishing technology and competitive ability of light seine fishery etc.