369 fishing boats were setting sail for the sea at 12 am on August 16 on Pingtan, an island off Southeast China's Fujian province. Resounding firecrackers marked the end of the three-and-a-half-month fishing moratorium. Some outbound fishing boats will return the same day. Boats with light nets are expected to come back within 2 to 3 days at the earliest, while trawl boats within a week. By then, the first batch of harvest will flood into local markets, supplying a plethora of seafood to the island’s dinner table.