A fleet of fishing boats resumes fishing operations on Aug 6 in Taizhou in East China's Zhejiang province. [Photo/taizhou.com.cn]

After an over-three-month fishing ban in the East China Sea, fishing operations resumed on Aug 6 for almost 3,200 fishing boats in Taizhou in East China's Zhejiang province.

According to fisherman Yue Xiujun, they set sail at 10:00 am and returned at 7:00 pm, bringing back 70 boxes of Bombay duck and small yellow croakers.

Most of the fishermen operated in the Dachen offshore area, which is about an hour's sail from the port. After unloading their catch, the fishing boats immediately turned around and continued fishing. The fresh seafood was promptly sent to the wholesale market for sale.

The Songmen seafood wholesale market opened for trading at 10:00 pm on the same day after the fishing ban was lifted. Various types of seafood, including silver pomfret, eel, blue crab, and hairtail, were available and eagerly bought by traders from all over.

Lin Miaorong, a vendor at the Wanjichi food market in Taizhou's Jiaojiang district, mentioned that due to limited white crab catches on the first day, the price was generally over 200 yuan ($27.74) per kilogram, with some selling as high as 360 yuan per kilogram. However, the prices of other seafood such as pomfret, Bombay duck, and Collichthys niveatus have dropped significantly.