At 12 o'clock on September 16, 2050 fishing ships and carrying boats finish three and a half months and four and a half month’ rest respectively and start out to sea. According to Fishery Department, Ningbo has 5520 fishing ships closing fishing this year. 76 fishing ships started fishing on July 1; 2957 on August 1; 513 on September 1; and the rest on September 16.