Abstract:In recent years, the research and construction of marine ranching in China have developed rapidly, which has promoted the development of marine ranching recreational fisheries and tourism industry. With the development of marine ranching recreational fishery, people need increasing recreational and ornamental tourism facilities, which requires more scientific ecological planning and management of the recreational marine ranching landscape. At present, the domestic recreational marine ranching mostly concentrates on fishing for the main leisure facilities, with fewer tourist ornamental landscapes and usually single types. Taking the marine ranching in Zhelin Bay as an example, the landscape ecological classification system of marine ranching in Zhelin Bay was established by applying the theory and method of landscape ecological classification. According to the similarity of appearance of features and related attributes, basic units were gathered into classes from the lowest level according to the top-down classification level principle of landscape ecological classification. The marine ranching in Zhelin Bay is divided into three first-level landscapes, five second-level landscapes, and sixteen third-level landscapes. The spatial analysis technique was applied to draw the landscape ecological classification diagram for each level, and the landscape distribution was discussed and analyzed. This study initially formed the marine ranching landscape ecological classification system, which provided the preliminary guidance and theoretical basis for further planning and research on the landscape pattern of marine ranching, and has important theoretical significance for improving the ecological and social benefits of marine ranching and promotion of the sustainable development of marine ranching. Promoting the upgrade of marine ranching to recreational fisheries and planning the construction of a visual ecological landscape could contribute to the construction of a marine ranching ecological civilization. Through the organic combination of the marine ranching natural environment, culture, and art, full use of the natural landscape resources and human landscape resources could be used and open up a new road for the development of marine ranching leisure fisheries and tourism.
