Policies, Regulations, and Eco-ethical Wisdom Relating to Ancient Chinese Fisheries

	Policies, Regulations, and Eco-ethical Wisdom Relating to Ancient Chinese Fisheries
	Li, Maolin 2,3; Jin, Xianshi 1; Tang, Qisheng 1
刊名	JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
	2012-02-01
卷号	25 期号:1 页码:33-54
关键词	Fishery resources management Policies and regulations Ancient China Eco-ethical wisdom Ecological moral claims Sustainable development
ISSN号	1187-7863
通讯作者	Tang, QS (reprint author), Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, Yellow Sea Fisheries Res Inst, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China.
英文摘要	Marine ecosystems are in serious troubles globally, largely due to the failures of fishery resources management. To restore and conserve fishery ecosystems, we need new and effective governance systems urgently. This research focuses on fisheries management in ancient China. We found that from 5,000 years ago till early modern era, Chinese ancestors had been constantly enthusiastic about sustainable utilization of fisheries resources and natural balance of fishery development. They developed numerous rigorous policies and regulations to guide people to act on natural laws. Being detailed and scientific, the legal systems had gained gratifying enforcement, due to official efforts and folks' voluntary participation in resource management. In-depth analyses show that people's consciousness of ecological conservation was derived from the edification of kinds of ancient eco-ethical wisdom, such as totemism, nature worship, Zhou Yi, Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Mohism, etc. All this Chinese classical wisdom have the same cores: "Nature and Man in One" spirit, frugality and "All things are equal" concept. The findings show that eco-ethical thinking is never inconsistent with social ethic systems, and it's of great importance to give legal effect to usual ecological moral claims and eco-ethical requirements of the public in protecting the environment. The eco-ethical wisdom is efficient in assisting and urging people to fulfill humans' obligation for nature. Finally, it's believed that present world fisheries management will benefit a lot from all these ancient Chinese thoughts and practices. People are expected to make the most of the eco-ethical wisdom, strengthen fishery legislation and fully stimulate their voluntary participation in both marine fishery resources conservation and fishery cyclic economy.
学科主题	Agriculture, Multidisciplinary ; Ethics ; Environmental Sciences ; History & Philosophy Of Science
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI ; AHCI
原文出处	10.1007/s10806-010-9288-9
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000299329900004
公开日期	2013-09-24
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/12241]
专题	海洋研究所_海洋生物技术研发中心
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, Yellow Sea Fisheries Res Inst, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Maolin,Jin, Xianshi,Tang, Qisheng. Policies, Regulations, and Eco-ethical Wisdom Relating to Ancient Chinese Fisheries[J]. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS,2012,25(1):33-54.
APA	Li, Maolin,Jin, Xianshi,&Tang, Qisheng.(2012).Policies, Regulations, and Eco-ethical Wisdom Relating to Ancient Chinese Fisheries.JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS,25(1),33-54.
MLA	Li, Maolin,et al."Policies, Regulations, and Eco-ethical Wisdom Relating to Ancient Chinese Fisheries".JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS 25.1(2012):33-54.