The East China Sea District is a fishery administrative area that extends from Haizhou Bay fishing ground in the north, south along Jiangsu and Shandong provinces, to the south end of the Taiwan Straits. The fisheries administrative district covers the whole area of the East China Sea and the central to southern part of the Yellow Sea, including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces and Shanghai City. The East China Sea District is one of the main marine fishing areas of China; 42.7% of average total national marine catch was caught from this area in the 1990s. As such, the East China Sea District occupies a key position in Chinese marine fisheries.
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