Zhoushan folk ocean paper-cut is an art with distinctive ocean characteristics and unique style in Chinese paper-cut art, which conveys the material and spiritual life of the island people. Due to many realistic conditions such as the changes of people's lifestyle and aesthetic taste, Zhoushan folk ocean papercut is faced with many difficulties, but as the fifth batch of "intangible cultural heritage" of Zhoushan, ocean paper-cut has also gradually developed. This paper analyzes the current status of Zhoushan folk ocean papercut art, and puts forward protection and countermeasures from three perspectives of government, market and inheritors.