Nan'ao Fishing Festival celebrates end of South China Sea moratorium

Video and photos by Liu Xudong

About 100 fishing boats set out from Shuangyong Wharf in Dapeng New Area yesterday during the 2026 Nan’ao Fishing Festival as commercial fishing resumed. China first implemented its summer fishing moratorium in 1995 to restore fish stocks and ensure sustainable development.

A visitor poses for a photo with a giant king crab at Shuangyong Wharf in Dapeng New Area yesterday, during the 2026 Nan’ao Fishing Festival, which marked the end of a three-and-a-half-month fishing moratorium in the South China Sea that began May 1.