The China Fisheries Association is a national fishery industry association approved and registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It is a non-profit national association formed voluntarily by fishery production, management, processing, machinery manufacturing and related enterprises, institutions and local associations. Independent legal personality. The association currently has more than 3,000 member units, with representative large and medium-sized enterprises in the fishery industry as the core, and is an organization that truly protects the rights and interests of the industry by the enterprises themselves.

The purpose of the association is: abide by the constitution, laws, regulations and national policies, abide by social morality, assist the government to do a good job in industry management, standardize industry behavior, coordinate the relationship between members, reflect the opinions and requirements of members to the government, and safeguard the legality of members. Rights and interests; communication between fishery production and scientific research, teaching, and extension departments, providing members with training and consultation on management and fishery technology, providing fishery information services, assisting in the implementation of intergovernmental fishery agreements, and developing fisheries with countries (regions) The non-governmental friendly exchanges, scientific and technological exchanges, and economic and technological cooperation in the world serve to promote the sustainable development of China's fishery.