China's congested coastlines are expected to help make the Asian powerhouse nation the second epicenter of offshore fish farming production, analysts at Rabobank say in a new report on the future of the sector.

While most of China's farmed seafood production is currently founded in carp and molluscs, the country with a population approaching 1.5 billion citizens accounts for 60 percent of global aquaculture production

At the same time China's large finfish aquaculture production is fast bordering on the size of the European industry.