China's sustainable seafood movement: It's all about creating awareness

In terms of seafood's sustainability movement "there's really no way around China," Brian Caoutte, founder and director of global programs at Ocean Outcomes, said at the SeaWeb Seafood Summit in Malta last week.

"There's hardly any other country that plays a bigger role than China," he said.

According to Cui He, executive vice president at the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA), the nation is still the world's largest country of seafood production, trading and consumption.

The yield of aquaculture exceeded wild capture fisheries more than 20 years ago: About 74 percent of the 61.72