title: All fish for China?
abstract: In this paper we examine the effect of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the level of fish intake in China in comparison with the rest of the world. We also analyse the origin and destination of China's seafood products in order to understand the main patterns during the last decades. The results show that in the 1961-2011 period the rate of growth of the GDP in China doubled that of other developing regions, while the daily fish intake of China increased fourfold, making China the largest fish consumer in the world. Given the size and scale of China's role in production, consumption, and global transformation of seafood markets, China is shaping a new era of industrialization in the history of the fishing industry.
authors.affiliation: University of Santiago de Compostela, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Av. Burgo Nacións s/n, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain, sebastian.villasante@usc.es.
authors.forename: Sebastián
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villasante
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-González
authors.forename: Manel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antelo
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rivero-Rodríguez
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Santiago
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Macho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D003132:Commerce; D005398:Fisheries / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005399:Fishes; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D059066:Gross Domestic Product; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D038622:Internationality; D017747:Seafood; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors