Abstract: Based on evaluation of the world marine ranching, the significance, necessity and feasibility of establishing marine ranching in Chinese sea area to achieve sustainable development of Chinas fishery sector are justified in this review. Some proposals are given for establishing marine ranching at the Bohai Sea. It suggests that an overall plan for the Bohai Seas marine ranching should be made first. While artificial reefs for demersal and close-to-seabed specied should be laid in deep caastal waters, artificial algae-reefs should be laid in inshore waters and bays where are suitable for marine cages, and acoustic taming marine ranches could be built along the coast of tourist cities. If act accordingly, there will eventually be reasonably distributed huge marine ranches along the Bohai Sea.
2003, Vol. 18 
