China promotes sustainable, ecological marine farming with technology
China DailyA motorboat returned to shore loaded with six boxes filled with around 50 rockfish that Chen Degang caught with his own hands. According to Li Chuanqiang, director of the Yantai municipal marine development and fishery bureau, marine farming is a new concept, established under the guidance of marine ecology and modern marine engineering technology. After a string of efforts since 2013, Chen was assisted by Yantai CIMC Blue Ocean Technology Co Ltd, a Yantai-based company focusing on the R&D and design of marine farming equipment, to get big data scientific monitoring equipment for his marine farm. Changyu No 1, another marine farming platform developed by Yantai CIMC Blue Ocean Technology Co Ltd, is also equipped with high-tech facilities such as a 5G communication base station, underwater monitoring system, and solar energy and wind power generation systems. "This advanced information technology allows marine farms to have multiple functions, and the road to wealth for fish farmers is widening," Chen said.