How to build an industry chain similar to Norwegian salmon?

Recently, Zhang Dianchang, Deputy Director of the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, who participated in the Expo, said in an interview that China is currently in the stage of "running parallel" to "leading" in the research of aquaculture germplasm resources and genetic breeding. China has abundant aquatic germplasm resources and a wide variety of aquaculture species. The first survey of aquaculture germplasm resources confirmed that there are as many as 857 aquatic germplasm resources in China, providing diversified variety choices for the people.

Zhang Dianchang stated that Norway has steep fjord terrain, and the deep sea is very close to the shore. The topography of China's sea areas is different from that of Norway, with slower coastlines and deeper waters farther offshore. Additionally, China's sea areas are often affected by typhoons, so the construction of deep-sea aquaculture facilities and typhoon prevention requirements are higher. The gravity net cage technology introduced by China from Norway has been greatly improved through domestic development, and the gravity net cage can withstand typhoons of level 12.

So, can China create an industry chain similar to Norwegian salmon in the future? Zhang Dianchang told reporters that the golden pomfret cultured in deep and distant waters in China may become a single species of marine fish with a production of over 1 million tons in the future. However, there are still problems such as high feed coefficient (the amount of feed consumed by adding one unit weight to the cultured object), which need to be improved in terms of selection and feed formula optimization. In addition, how to process golden pomfret products and develop more diversified processing products to meet consumer demand is also a problem that needs to be solved in the future. Only by solving the problems of high-quality seeds, breeding, and processing, and further opening up the consumer market, can the entire industry chain have relatively reasonable profits and guide the healthy development of the industry.