The distant-water fishery, a crucial part of the marine economy, is currently facing a historic opportunity for transformation and upgrading. Based on the theoretical framework of new quality productivity, this article delves into the concept, connotation, and important role of new quality productivity in China's distant-water fisheries. Through a comprehensive analysis of the current situation and challenges of the distant-water fishing industry, this article proposes five specific suggestions and countermeasures on how to develop new quality productivity in the distant-water fishing industry. The first is to strengthen the scientific and technological innovation of the equipment and technology of distant-water fishery to enhance the level of intelligence. The second is to optimize the industrial structure of distant-water fishery to promote diversified development. The third is to strengthen conservation of distant-water fishery resources to achieve sustainable use of resources. The forth is to deepen international fisheries cooperation to expand space for development of distant-water fisheries. The fifth is to increase the policy support of distant-water fisheries to stimulate the vitality of development. The study concluded that the development of new qualitative productivity of distant-water fisheries is an inevitable choice to promote high-quality development of our country's distant-water fisheries, and is a long-term and arduous task and systems engineering. The scientific and technological innovation and optimization of industrial structure are the core of new qualitative productivity of pelagic fisheries, and strengthening conservation of fishery resources, deepening international cooperation and increasing policy support are the important guarantee of new qualitative productivity of pelagic fisheries.