“Marine Fisheries” became an academic journal in 2004, and was listed as “Journals with Good Quality” by China Association of Science and Technology CAST in 2006, “Models for Sci-tech Journals of CAST” in 2009, won “Journals with Good Quality in Shanghai” in 2011, and “Journals with Good Quality in the Eastern China” in 2012, won awards of “Journals with Good Publishing Quality” from Science Press in 2015, awards of “Top Journals” from Alliance of Journals from China Society of Fisheries and “Top” level of journals from sci-tech journals supervised by China Association for Science and Technology in 2016, “High Quality Journals” from China Society of Fisheries in 2019
“Marine Fisheries” is one of the best journals in aquaculture and fisheries in China. It has been embodied by various databases, including CSTPCD (listed as A level), Chinese Core Journal Index by Peking University as “Chinese Core Journal”, Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), CAJCCR of CNKI, Wanfang Database, CQVIP of Weipu, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Zoological Record (ZR) and EBSCO.