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Swimming crabs harvested after summer fishing moratorium partially lifted
By Xinhua Published: Aug 13, 2026 12:46 PM
A vessel loaded with swimming crabs anchors at a fishing port of an aquatic products market in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2026. Special licensed fishing vessels set sail for the East China Sea as the summer fishing moratorium was partially lifted on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

A vessel loaded with swimming crabs anchors at a fishing port of an aquatic products market in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2026. Special licensed fishing vessels set sail for the East China Sea as the summer fishing moratorium was partially lifted on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)


Merchants select fresh swimming crabs at a fishing port of an aquatic products market in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2026. Special licensed fishing vessels set sail for the East China Sea as the summer fishing moratorium was partially lifted on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Merchants select fresh swimming crabs at a fishing port of an aquatic products market in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2026. Special licensed fishing vessels set sail for the East China Sea as the summer fishing moratorium was partially lifted on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)



Merchants select fresh swimming crabs at a fishing port of an aquatic products market in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2026. Special licensed fishing vessels set sail for the East China Sea as the summer fishing moratorium was partially lifted on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Merchants select fresh swimming crabs at a fishing port of an aquatic products market in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2026. Special licensed fishing vessels set sail for the East China Sea as the summer fishing moratorium was partially lifted on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)



Fishermen load baskets of swimming crabs for transportation at a fishing port of an aquatic products market in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2026. Special licensed fishing vessels set sail for the East China Sea as the summer fishing moratorium was partially lifted on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Fishermen load baskets of swimming crabs for transportation at a fishing port of an aquatic products market in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2026. Special licensed fishing vessels set sail for the East China Sea as the summer fishing moratorium was partially lifted on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)