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With a small percentage of land that is suitable for agriculture, China makes intensive use of the sea. Fujian Province has had most of its wild fishery depleted, so the shallow muddy coastline has been divided up into vast tracts of aquaculture for fish, seaweed, and shellfish.

Here near the village of Dong An, the aquaculture farms have spawned a floating community of families that raise abalone and sea cucumber in cages hanging below grids of floats and walkways. I was told that aquaculture has been thriving here for more than 50 years.

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Feeding China
With a small percentage of land that is suitable for agriculture, China makes intensive use of the sea. Fujian Province has had most of its wild fishery depleted, so the shallow muddy coastline has been divided up into vast tracts of aquaculture for fish, seaweed, and shellfish.<br /> <br /> Here near the village of Dong An, the aquaculture farms have spawned a floating community of families that raise abalone and sea cucumber in cages hanging below grids of floats and walkways. I was told that aquaculture has been thriving here for more than 50 years.

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