The Development of the GIS Technology and Its Application in The Ocean Fishery Field

The ocean will be very important in the 21th Century and will become one focal field which human will contest for and develop in next century. Management of marine data and people's work efficiency can be greatly improved by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The attention has been increasingly paid to the importance of studying GIS. In this paper,by elaborating on the development history of the Geographic Information Systems ( GIS) technology and the state of its application ,this paper discussed the function and significance of the GIS technology in the ocean fishery field.