Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Fisheries Law.
Article 21 The State shall take financial, credit and tax measures to encourage and support the development of offshore fishing, and arrange inland waters and offshore fishing forces according to the fishing capacity of fishery resources.
Article 22 The State shall, according to the principle that the catch is lower than the growth of fishery resources, determine the total allowable catch of fishery resources and implement the catch quota system. The fishery administrative department of the State Council is responsible for organizing the investigation and evaluation of fishery resources, and providing scientific basis for the implementation of the fishing quota system. The total fishing quota of China people, inland sea, territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and other sea areas under jurisdiction shall be determined by the fishery administrative department of the State Council, and shall be decomposed step by step after being reported to the State Council for approval; The total fishing quota of important rivers and lakes determined by the state shall be determined by the people's governments of the relevant provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or through consultation, and shall be broken down step by step. The distribution of the total fishing quota should reflect the principle of fairness and justice, and the distribution methods and results must be open and subject to supervision.
The fishery administrative department of the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall strengthen the supervision and inspection of the implementation of the fishing quota system, and if it exceeds the fishing quota index issued by the superior, it shall be deducted from the fishing quota index of the following year.