“海洋采砂业,应纳入国家产业规划”这是地矿部海洋地质研究所研究员杨子赓在接受记者采访时强调的。海洋采砂业,确切地说是海底采砂业。它始于本世纪60年代,在80年代走向兴盛并成为新兴海洋产业。对海洋砂砾石资源利用最先进的国家是英国、美国、加拿大和日本。因为这些国家是 “Marine sand mining industry, should be integrated into the national industrial plan ” This is the Institute of Marine Geology, Ministry of Mines Yang Ziwan stressed in an interview. Sand mining industry, or rather seabed mining industry. It started in the 1960s and flourished in the 1980s and became an emerging marine industry. The most advanced countries that make use of marine gravel resources are the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan. Because these countries are