Using the amount of vessels, gross tonnage, total power and professional fishing labor as four input indexes, the total fishing yield in a year as an output index, the fishing capacity and the capacity utilization of Chinese inshore and pelagic fleets were systematically measured by the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method from 1994 to 2005. Based on the calculated results, the policy performance carried out by Chinese fishing managers was quantificationally analyzed for Chinese inshore fishing industry in these years. The research showed: the fishing capacity of inshore fleets was increased before 2000; it was decreased and had been curtailed about 8% from 2001 to 2005. It displayed that Chinese inshore fishery management achieved some effect in these years. According to the research on the fishery input by inputoriented DEA method, the rate of surplus for the amount of fishing vessels and the professional fishing labor has been better controlled than for the gross tonnage and total power to Chinese inshore fleets. It showed that the inshore fishing capacity has been mainly enhanced by the increasing fleets′ power and tonnage at present. It should be attached importance by the related managers. Comparing the inshore fishery to pelagic industry, the research affirmed: there is more than 50% surplus for Chinese inshore fleets. The capacity utilization of these inshore fishing fleets is not ideally high enough and its increased extent will be limited. Contrarily, the fishing capacity utilization of pelagic industry will be more probably promoted than the inshore fleets′. Although the ratio of capacity output of pelagic industry to inshore fishery was heightened from 0.10∶〖KG-*2〗1 to 0.17∶〖KG-*2〗1, but the fishing capacity of pelagic industry has not come to 20% to the inshore fishery. It indicated that Chinese pelagic industry is now still in an elementary phase. At the same time, the research also found that there is a closer trend for the capacity utilizations between the inshore fleets and pelagic industry after they parted from each other. It may be explained that the inshore fishing fleets will be attracted to go to ocean if the capacity utilization of pelagic industry is high enough. This will lighten the pressure of the inshore fishery resources. So it resulted in the fact that the capacity utilization of inshore fleets was increased and the capacity utilization of pelagic industry was decreased. On the opposite, if the capacity utilization of pelagic industry was lower enough than the inshore fishery, some fleets will switch into the inshore fishery instead of pelagic fishing. It will increase the pressure of the inshore fishery resources and reduce the fishing capacity utilization of inshore fishery. Hereby the development of pelagic industry will directly influence the inshore fishing capacity. So improving and holding the high efficiency for pelagic industry would be useful to control inshore fishing capacity. Atfention should be paid to this problem by our administration departments.