China’s first factory project dedicated to industrial offshore aquaculture has been launched in Lin’gang district of Shanghai.

With 80,000 square meters of aquaculture water, the factory can safely operate under a level 12 typhoon, and is movable to avoid super typhoons.

Offshore aquaculture represents a trend for green fisheries. The Lin’gang project can produce more than 10,000 tons of salmon per year on a single breeding and processing platform. With the industrial chain extending to marine health food and marine pharmaceuticals, the emerging marine fishery is expected to generate a trillion yuan annually.

Participants sign agreements and give speeches at the second international symposium on offshore aquaculture on December 11. [Photo/ newsxmwb.xinmin.cn]

Representatives from 10 countries including China, Australia, Chile, the United States and Finland, and also international organizations like the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, took part in the second international symposium on offshore aquaculture held in Shanghai on December 11. Themed on the frontier technology of offshore aquaculture, the symposium gave participants a chance to showcase the latest technologies and equipment.