The dilemma of collaborative governance of prohibited waters of Yangtze River Estuary and its solution paths

KONG Fanhong; NIU Zengqiao; QIU Zhongxia

doi:10.13984/j.cnki.cn37-1141.2025.04.029

Abstract："Ten-year fishing ban"in Yangtze River Basin is a national strategy.The Ministry of Agri-culture and Rural Affairs has been leading the establishment of an inter-provincial coordination mecha-nism management of Yangtze River Estuary.By setting up the no-catch management area in Yangtze River Estuary,pilot projects for collaborative governance have been implemented,which are running effectively.However,in the process of operation,there are tensions between territorial management based on"boundary demarcation"and cross-domain governance based on"boundary breaking",leading to the dilemma in subject,ownership,process and resource guarantee,either directly or indirectly,in the practice of collaborative governance.Based on the in-depth analysis of organizational structure chan-ges,regional and functional division,inertia of territorial management and departmental management,financial system and management mode,we proposed a reasonable absorption and functional activation of collaborative governance subjects,appropriate design of nested responsibility realization mechanism and law enforcement standards,and"unified"and"divided"law enforcement.The specific paths to-wards breaking the dilemma are proposed,which include the rational absorption and functional activa-tion of collaborative governance subjects,the appropriate design of nested responsibility realization mechanism and law enforcement standards,the adequate coupling of"unified"and"divided"law en-forcement mechanisms,and the diversification of law enforcement resources extraction and deployment.