Table 13. Annual production of marine fisheries (catch) of China, 2007.

Production category	Subcategory	Annual production (tons)
Sea area	Bohai Sea	994,587
	Yellow Sea	2,887,797
	East China Sea	4,183,807
	South China Sea	3,210,494
	Others (Open sea)	1,158,695
	China total	12,435,480
Fishery type	Trawling	6,052,907
	Purse seine	705,101
	Gill net	2,314,878
	(Fixing) Pole net	1,788,887
	Longline	722,308
	Others	851,399
Crustacea (Shrimp)	Acetes spp.	608,096
	Penaeus spp.	111,299
	Trachysalambria spp.	344,978
	Oratosquilla spp.	306,969
	Total shrimp	1,513,366
Crustacea (Crab)	Portunus spp.	350,631
	Scylla spp.	68,588
	Charybdis spp.	64,829
	Total crab	557,036
Mollusca (Cephalopoda)	Sepiella spp. Cuttlefish	152,754
	Squid	718,200
	Octopus	139,416
	Total Cephalopoda	1,047,713
Mollusca (Shellfish: bivalves and snails)		743,617
Others	Jellyfish	223,868
	Total others	316,670
Seaweeds		32,847