A four-month fishing ban has started at Yantai Port in East China's Shandong province in an effort to protect the environment and preserve fish. This year's fishing moratorium began on May 1.

During the fishing ban, safety inspections on fishing gear and a clean-up of illegal fishing vessels will be carried out.

A photographer captures a tranquil scene when all fishing boats are berthed in the port of Yantai.

Yantai Port in East China's Shandong province during the four-month fishing ban [Photo/jiaodong.net]

Fishing boats are berthed in the port of Yantai. [Photo/jiaodong.net]

Fishing boats dock at the port in Yantai, East China's Shandong province. [Photo/jiaodong.net]