Is Jiagu going to expand its army in marine aquaculture?" In the Jiagu Fishing Ground, Academician Zhou of the Institute of Oceanography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences asked in surprise when he heard Qi Zhengyi's words.

"Yes, after all, no one is willing to give up on such a good project. Qi Zheng replied in the affirmative.

"Yes, this fishing ground in Jiagu is simply a golden fishing ground!" Academician Zhou sighed.

Qi Zheng said with a smile: "In fact, this fishing ground has already produced 'gold'......"

According to the current situation, Jiagu Fishery can produce 4,500 tons of large yellow croaker, 2,100 tons of flounder and 800 tons of black carp every year...... Judging from the selling price of the first catch, a single Jiagu fishery can generate more than 10 billion yuan in revenue every year, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a gold mine.

Academician Zhou naturally does not know the specific benefits of the fishery, but it is certain that the Jiagu fishery is an unscrupulous "bonanza" - there is no need to feed bait, there is a continuous output of energy, this is not a "bonanza", what is a "bonanza"?

The reason why he understands it so clearly is that the development project of Pishan Island and its 25-square-kilometer sea area is not only a pilot project for the development and utilization of uninhabited islands in Jiangnan Province, but also a marine test site for the Institute of Oceanography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Every few weeks, the Institute of Oceanography sends technicians here to monitor the ecological environment of the "Marine Ranch", providing technical support to Jiagu and carrying out basic marine science research here.

For example, Academician Zhou led a team to carry self-contained thermosalt probes and dissolved oxygen probes and other equipment, which were deployed by divers to the bottom of the Jiagu Fishing Ground, which could automatically collect data such as temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen.

"A month later, we came to recover the probe, and the data obtained can be more scientific and accurate to understand the changes in the sea area, such as when the sea temperature rises, how many days it lasts, and what the diurnal changes are...... In this way, the ecological model of marine ranching is gradually constructed to ensure the environmental and ecological security of marine ranching. Academician Zhou introduced.

The construction of marine ranches is a complex and systematic project, and the seaweed farming that is the basis of the fishery alone takes into account the factors of water currents, wind and waves, as well as the transparency and nutrient status......

"I have to say that the seaweed density of Jiagu Fishery is estimated to be the most reasonable in the world's sea areas, not so much that there will be red tides and the like, but it also provides abundant oxygen and food, providing us with the best reference sample for building an ecological model of marine ranching......" Academician Zhou was in high spirits.

Qi Zheng replied with a modest smile - the spirit array is in hand, the best fishing ground, you deserve it.

"But ......"

The so-called conversation is most afraid of a turn, and Qi Zheng's smile was slightly paused.

"Does Jiagu plan to replicate the farming model of this fishery to other seas?" asked Academician Zhou.

Qi Zheng thought about it seriously and asked rhetorically, "Isn't it?"

"Uh......" Academician Zhou stopped talking.

In fact, in the past two years, the more he has studied the Jiagu Fishing Ground, the more he feels that this fishing ground is simply a miracle.

Academician Zhou has been to many oceans and inspected many fishing grounds, and he found that the traditional fishing grounds that have disappeared one after another are not only because of overfishing, but also because of "seabed desertification".

The "submarine desert" is the most terrible environment in marine ecology, and the bare seabed cannot provide food for marine life, cannot provide a hiding place for marine life to survive, and cannot provide enough habitat for marine life to reproduce, so how can marine life grow here?

Unlike the Jiagu Fishing Grounds, the seabed can almost be called a "grassland" or a "forest".

But this is because the Jiagu Fishery is located in a privileged environment – Pishan Island and Upper and Lower Lang Jue Island form a small harbor, and the confluence of the inland and outer seas brings fluidity.

If you know the world's high-quality fishing grounds, you will know that those famous fishing grounds are either in places where cold and warm currents meet or where cold waters upwell, or where there are rivers that flow into the sea, bringing rich nutrients, so that plankton can flourish and fish will have enough bait.

On the other hand, Jiagu also made the right choice, not to build large breeding cages, but to build coral reefs and seaweed forests on the seabed – which is crucial, because the photosynthesis of seaweed produces a lot of oxygen, decays and decomposes and feeds a lot of plankton, which eventually forms the basis of Jiagu's fishing grounds.

This is also what Academician Zhou admires most about Jiagu, they really develop their careers with the concept of sustainable development.

But it was precisely because of this that he felt embarrassed - can the Jiagu Fishery be replicated?

He didn't know that the guy in front of him was full of hanging, but attributed the anomaly of the Jiagu fishing ground to "being blessed".

So the question is, where else can Jiagu find a similarly blessed sea area to "replicate" Jiagu Fishing Grounds?

In addition, there is another reason, and that is risk.

Academician Zhou didn't want to say it, but he felt that the Jiagu Fishery was so smooth that the Jiagu Group might have the illusion that it was easy to engage in marine aquaculture.

But that's not the case.

Looking at the aquatic power that plays a pivotal role in the global aquatic industry, almost all of the aquatic enterprises that can become bigger are related to aquatic feed.

For example, in the United States, one of the most important aquatic companies is Cargill, because Cargill is a well-deserved aquatic feed giant, and in the island country, Marubeni Trading Company, which operates a large-scale aquatic feed factory in Hokkaido and other places, is also a world-class aquatic giant......

Back home, the situation is similar. There are three main types of listed aquatic enterprises in China: fishing-based enterprises, breeding and processing-based enterprises, and feed-based enterprises. However, there are only two enterprises whose main business income exceeds 10 billion yuan, and the highest revenue of aquatic products enterprises that mainly focus on breeding is less than 3 billion yuan.

——Among the aquatic enterprises mainly engaged in aquaculture, there are also those that have contributed to the "scallop runaway" for A-shares...... Scallops are starving again", the joke of a certain island company such a goods.

In short, in the aquaculture world, there is no one who can fight!

This is because, in the process of aquaculture, the cost of feed accounts for 70% of the entire cost of aquaculture, and feed enterprises are the enterprises that are most closely related to aquaculture farmers, so aquatic feed enterprises can be safe and stable to grow, and the risk is not high.

But the risks to the aquaculture industry are too high.

No matter how well you plan and think about it, if God doesn't give you face, you will still suffer a big loss. A high temperature may cause the fish fry to turn white, a rainstorm may cause the fish to flee from the fish pond, and even an epidemic in human society can deal a heavy blow to almost the entire seafood industry......

Freshwater aquaculture is more risky! Stock-based aquaculture like the Jiagu Fishery is very friendly to the environment, but when sharks and typhoons come, the fish species stocked may disappear without a trace......

Academician Zhou kindly gave Qi Zheng an analysis, and Qi Zheng was very ...... Dumbfounding.

He couldn't tell Academician Zhou that in fact, I could really replicate the "unique" fishing grounds at any time, and besides, in addition to the impact of the general environment, most natural disasters were "immune" to me.

Qi Zheng could only wave his hand in the end and said: "It doesn't matter, today's Jiagu is also a big business, and the exploration of marine ranching, even if it fails in the end, can be regarded as a contribution to scientific research." ”

The thinking of "......" made Academician Zhou speechless.

But thinking about it, I actually think that what Qi Zheng said is quite reasonable!

Compared with the huge and thriving existing business of the Jiagu system, the newly opened marine aquaculture business may not even have a nail on a little finger, so Qi Zheng can be confident enough to say that failure is not enough to worry about!

And, as the saying goes, successful people are always conceited.

On the bright side, maybe Jiagu can continue his usual success and let him witness the birth of a real aquaculture giant!

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