China - November 29, 2024 China remains world's top producer of aquatic products (Voice_over) China remains the world's top producer of aquatic products, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said recently. According to data from the ministry, the country's total aquacultural output topped 71 million tons last year, ranking it the world's largest aquatic product producer for the past 35 years straight. Ministry officials said going forward, they plan to develop additional onshore and offshore fishing projects, and to strengthen the fishing industry's resources and safety standards. (Sound_bite) Yuan Xiaochu, deputy head, Bureau of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs "The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will accelerate the implementation of a number of leading and exemplary major projects, such as distant-water fishery, offshore pastures, fishing port economic zones and green and circular development of the industry, continue to strengthen resource conservation, maintain strict safety standards, and comprehensively promote the modernization of the fishery sector." (Voice_over) A recent report from Allied Market Research shows the global aquaculture market was valued at more than 311 billion U.S. dollars last year, and by the year 2035 its expected to be valued at more than 573 billion. [Restriction: No access Chinese mainland]