According to the statistics and the surveys of the income of Chinese fisher folks,the income status of Chinese fisher folks is analyzed in the paper.The statistical data analysis shows that: 1) As a whole in China,the per capita net income average of Fisher Households is higher than that of Rural Households,but much lower than the per capita disposable income of Urban Households;2) recently,specially after 2000,the per capita net income of Fisher Households showed a year-by-year downtrend on the rate of increase,and was dropping in some regions;3) the per capita net income of Fisher Households in coastal regions is higher than that in inland regions,and is quite different from each other.The surveys results show that: 1) in some coastal fishing regions,the per capita net income of Fisher Households was falling to be lower than the per capita net income of Rural Households;some fisher folks were living in need,and run into debt;2) the fishers in coastal developed regions live in dire need caused by high living expenditure;3) the income of fishers in inland fishing regions is low;fisher folks were living in need.Reasons for above mentioned status of the income of fishers are: fish stocks declining,fishing ground reducing,fishing cost rising,and backward means of fishing operation.