The Importance of Marine Recreational Fishing in Shanghai

The Importance of Marine Recreational Fishing in Shanghai CHEN Ye College of Economics and Management Shanghai Ocean University

The Importance of Marine Recreational Fishing in Shanghai What is Marine Recreational Fishing? The Benefits of the Marine Recreational Fishing in China Marine Recreational Fishing in Shanghai What the Shanghai Municipal Government Can Do?

What is Marine Recreational Fishing? Recreational fisheries, also called sport fisheries, are fishing for pleasure or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is fishing for profit, or subsistence fishing, which is fishing for survival.

What is Marine Recreational Fishing? National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates indicate there approximately 12 million saltwater recreational anglers taking about 85 million trips a year. Combined, expenditures total $31 billion dollars, representing an $82 billion dollar impact and supporting half a million jobs.

What is Marine Recreational Fishing? 5

What is Marine Recreational Fishing? 6

What is Marine Recreational Fishing? 7

The Benefits of the Marine Recreational Fishing in China Benefiting the Development of Related Industries Diversifying and Increasing the Income of Fishermen Promoting Mutual Understanding between Urban Dwellers and Fishermen Increasing People’s Awareness of the Marine Environment and Ocean Mentality 8

Benefiting the Development of Related Industries 9

Diversifying and Increasing the Income of Fishermen 10

Promoting Mutual Understanding between Urban Dwellers and Fishermen 11

Promoting Mutual Understanding between Urban Dwellers and Fishermen In 1954 social scientist, Gordon W. Allport developed the contact hypothesis, also known as intergroup contact theory. Marine creational fishing can works as bridge between the urban and the rural. Gordon W. Allport （ 1897 -1967 ） 12

Increasing People’s Awareness of the Marine Environment and Ocean Mentality 13

Increasing People’s Awareness of the Marine Environment and Ocean Mentality 精卫填海 The Bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea. 14

Increasing People’s Awareness of the Marine Environment and Ocean Mentality 15

Marine Recreational Fishing in Shanghai’s Close Tie with Ocean and Fishing Promoting Transformation of Marine Commercial Fishing Industry in Shanghainese’s Fancy for Marine Creational Fishing Advanced Marine Technology in Shanghai 16

Shanghai’s Close Tie with Ocean and Fishing 17

Shanghai’s Close Tie with Ocean and Fishing The two Chinese characters in the city's name are '上' (Shang - "above") and '海' (hai - "sea"), together meaning "Upon-the-Sea". Shanghai County, also called “Up Ocean” or “Above Sea” …… because it is located above the sea. Shanghai Local History during the Hongzhi Period of Ming Dynasty (1488 - 1505) (明代弘治《上海志》) , the oldest local historical literature of Shanghai 18

Shanghai’s Close Tie with Ocean and Fishing Matteo Ricci, S. J. was an Italian Jesuit priest, and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China Mission, as it existed in the 17 th– 18 th centuries. His current title is Servant of God. Matteo Ricci recoded that Shanghai got its name because it is beside the sea. 19

Shanghai’s Close Tie with Ocean and Fishing Shanghai is officially abbreviated Hu (沪) in Chinese. Hu is fence-like tools for fishing. 20

Shanghai’s Close Tie with Ocean and Fishing

Promoting Transformation of Marine Commercial Fishing Industry in Shanghai Although the city of Shanghai started as inconspicuous fishing village, the commercial fishing, no longer an important industry in Shanghai. 22

Promoting Transformation of Marine Commercial Fishing Industry in Shanghai 23

Shanghainese’s Fancy for Marine Creational Fishing 24

Shanghainese’s Fancy for Marine Creational Fishing 25

Advanced Marine Technology in Shanghai 26

What the Shanghai Municipal Government Can Do? Cooperate with Neighboring Provinces Set up Laws and Regulation Promoting the Development of Related Industries 27

Cooperate with Neighboring Provinces 28

Set up Laws and Regulation "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. " 29

Promoting the Development of Related Industries 30

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