This article reviews the relationship between marine protected areas(MPAs) and fisheries management through collecting and filing the papers related to MPAs.MPAs can strengthen the goal of integrated fisheries management: protecting the biodiversity in the ecological function,providing the model of education in the social function,and promoting the job opportunity of fishermen in the economic function.On the other hand,fisheries management can improve process of MPAs: providing a legal basis for MPAs,perfecting the framework and enhancing the effect of MPAs.But in the implementation of MPAs in China's fisheries management,we should do something such as: advancing a law,which can be used to coordinate and command other laws,setting up a MPAs committee,improving the monitoring system of MPAs,and stepping up research on MPAs etc.