The "Jiahai No. 1" large-scale aquaculture ship stands quietly on the surface of the Yellow Sea 180 nautical miles away from Rizhao City, Shandong Province.

Accompanying the "Jiahai 1" is one of the largest full-submersible cages in the world - the same behemoth, with a diameter of more than 90 meters, a height of 18 floors, an underwater part of nearly 40 meters, and a weight of nearly 7,000 tons......

The aquaculture vessel and the full submersible cage are close to each other, and they are connected with a fish suction pump, one end of the fish suction pump is connected to the fish tank of the aquaculture boat, and the other end is connected to the cage, and under the operation of the staff, the salmon will follow this pipeline from the aquaculture boat all the way to "swim" into the cage.

Witnessing this scene, in addition to Qi Zheng and Chen Zhenian and other senior executives of Jiagu, there were also Deputy Director Hu of the National Development and Reform Commission, Director Zhang of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Vice President of China Shipbuilding Group, Academician Zhou, Academician Ge, and enterprise representatives.

Being able to invite so many people is due to the frequent spread of good news about the marine plan of Jiagu agriculture and animal husbandry, and on the other hand, it is also the special nature of the "Jiahai No. 1" large-scale breeding ship.

The 100,000-ton aquaculture ship is the world's first ship.

In order to ensure the landing of this "unicorn" in the field of fishery and aquaculture equipment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Communications, China Classification Society and other competent departments have held three joint meetings to discuss and issue approval and guidance documents for aquaculture ships, breaking the current industry management system in terms of ship qualitative, construction specifications, inspection rules and other aspects of the policy inapplicability, only to promote the smooth birth of "Jiahai No. 1".

The consortium headed by Jiagu was able to independently complete the 100,000-ton "breeding aircraft carrier" within four years, pushing the breeding front outward for hundreds of nautical miles, breaking the traditional aquaculture industry "looking at the ocean and sighing", and making a grand celebration is understandable.

During the visit, Academician Zhou and other experts chose their own routes, pondered for a while, nodded and sighed lightly, frowned and scratched their heads for a while, their expressions were wonderful, but they didn't talk much.

Others need to rely on the reviews of professionals.

Mr. Mao of Dachuang Fishery patiently circled the whole ship before asking the experts in the same direction: "Is this breeding ship really worthy of its name?"

The expert nodded vigorously and said: "The cold water mass of the Yellow Sea is a rare cold water mass in the shallow water layer with excellent water quality in the world, and the development of cold water mass has been the dream of marine aquaculture people for many years, and it has not been realized due to the lack of suitable equipment. The 'Jiahai No. 1' that came out of nowhere is definitely a demonstration project of world-class deep-sea aquaculture. ”

"In this way, where is the first, you speak slowly, and I will listen. Mr. Mao simply found a railing and listened while resting.

After considering the words, the expert said: "There is no ready-made experience in the development of large-scale aquaculture ships and intelligent deep-water cages in China. In my opinion, Jiagu's plan is to take a large aquaculture ship as the core, equipped with a fully submersible cage, and the radiation service capacity can reach tens of nautical miles, which makes the platform look more like a breeding aircraft carrier. ”

"As far as I can see, there are a lot of high-tech applications, such as the latest patented technologies such as pontoon fishing, cage attachment biological removal, fish swim bladder gas replenishment, and even equipped with the first wave energy generation semi-submersible platform to provide green energy ......."

This is still semi-experimental, and the Jiagu team is also further optimizing the system based on the feedback from the use, such as reducing the weight and steel consumption as much as possible while considering the guaranteed volume. ”

After all, the ideas of doing business and doing research are different, and Mr. Mao said with a serious expression after listening: "It also means that the cost has been increased." ”

The "......" expert choked and said a little embarrassed: "That's true, but these increased costs can be offset by increasing the biomass of farming." ”

"Oh?"

"Mr. Mao, you are engaged in deep-sea fishing, if you compare the benefits of large-scale aquaculture vessels with deep-sea fishing, the output per unit of ship, aquaculture is 7~10 times that of fishing; the output per unit power, the yield per kilowatt configuration of aquaculture is about 10 times that of fishing; the unit fuel consumption, aquaculture is about 5 times that of fishing; the output of fish per unit manpower, aquaculture is more than 5 times that of fishing...... Regardless of the aspect, the aquaculture industry is more in line with the development direction of sustainable development. ”

Worried that Mr. Mao did not understand, the expert added: "Don't look at the large-scale aquaculture ships in Jiagu are currently used for salmon farming, in fact, with this platform, in addition to salmon, the breeding species can be expanded to tuna, yellowtail, large yellow croaker, grouper and other famous fish species." Because famous and high-quality cultured fish species are generally more sensitive to water temperature, taking large yellow croaker as an example, it mainly grows in spring and autumn under natural conditions. Through the movement of large-scale aquaculture vessels in the sea, seawater with the right temperature can be selected for aquaculture, so as to achieve the uninterrupted growth of large yellow croaker throughout the year, and the cultured large yellow croaker can be harvested twice a year......"

Mr. Mao knocked lightly on the railing and said, "According to what you say, Jiagu's large-scale breeding ships are worth the investment?"

The expert shrugged.

He can only help him analyze the value of it, and as for whether it is worth investing in, he will have his own opinions.

Of course, Mr. Mao didn't need his answer. In other words, Mr. Mao himself already has the answer.

Daiso Fishery is already a leading distant-water fishing company in China, with two overseas distant-water fishing bases and an annual income of more than 1 billion yuan.

However, with the decline of domestic offshore fishery resources, more and more domestic fishery enterprises are going overseas. At the end of last year, China's distant-water fishing vessels reached 2,460, and this year, the number of distant-water fishing vessels has grown to nearly 3,000.

This growth rate is terrifying.

First, the resources of distant-water fisheries are not endless. In stark contrast to the "blowout" growth of China's distant-water fishery production capacity, the world's marine fishery resources are declining. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 90 percent of the world's commercial fish species have been overexploited or fully exploited. Global fisheries catches peaked in the mid-90s and have been unable to continue to increase with technological advances and increased fishing capacity.

Second, the quality of enterprises that blindly enter the deep-sea fishery is uneven. Some companies have never set foot in the fishery industry and are completely unaware of the cruel reality of the depletion of global fishery resources, so they casually take out the country backward fishing operations and management models that are not friendly to the environment, such as using controversial fishing equipment such as "broken nets" with very small mesh holes and high-power fishing lights, resulting in frequent conflicts. This makes the image of domestic distant-water fishing vessels in many countries not glamorous.

In a nutshell, distant-water fishing is not as beautiful as it seems.

A well-established view is that there is no other way to meet the people's growing demand for aquatic products than farming!

As some industry insiders ridiculed, when we order food in restaurants today, people often ask whether this fish is wild or farmed, and after 2030, don't ask, it is all farmed.

When Jiagu's marine ranching strategy was introduced, Mr. Mao had a vague understanding that the great changes in China's marine fishery were coming, and when Jiagu's large-scale aquaculture ships and other deep-sea equipment were also "exposed", his cognition gradually became clearer - the great change may not be "coming", but "has arrived"!

Whether it is a marine ranch in the offshore waters or a large-scale aquaculture ship in the deep sea, the initial investment is huge, and the risk is extremely high, so most companies, including Daiso Fishery, are daunted, and venture capital funds are also suspicious of relevant technology and industrial policies.

However, when Jiagu has successively broken through the technical bottleneck and pointed out a new development roadmap for the industry, it is another matter.

It is forgivable that you do not have the courage to create a new situation, but if you don't even have the courage to "follow the trend", then you deserve to be eliminated by the times.

Mr. Mao is obviously not a man who is willing to be left behind by the times.

"It seems that we want to get in touch with Jiagu, if we also have such an ocean-going aquaculture platform, there will be a lot of room for cooperation in the ocean-going area. Mr. Mao said thoughtfully.

The expert was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you mean, buy Jiagu's breeding ship platform?"

"How?"

"It's worth a try, though...... If you're operating these billions of marine equipment alone, I don't recommend you to do so. ”

"Why?"

"Not to mention that Jiagu's own orders are estimated to be scheduled for a year or two, even if you get the breeding ship, you will need the support of other platforms. The expert groaned and said: "As far as I know, even Jiagu needs to import salmon eggs from Norway in salmon breeding, ......and this link is still in the hands of foreign companies;

Actually, this is also very understandable.

Jiagu first has to verify the feasibility of raising salmon in the Yellow Sea cold water mass before it can really invest more in breeding. As for Norway, almost the whole country has studied a fish for decades, studied salmon thoroughly, and set a high industry threshold, which is naturally not something that Jiagu can catch up with in a short time.

Mr. Mao understood what the expert meant.

With Jiagu's strong ability to integrate resources, it still does not dare to say that it is "independent"; even if a company focusing on deep-sea fishing has a platform such as breeding boats, whether it can "hold up" is a problem.

The best solution, naturally, is to unite with Jiagu.

It's just that although Jiagu is not a small kingdom that is eager to produce and sell everything and control all the profit points in its own hands, its requirements for partners are still quite "harsh".

"Well, I'll have to think about it. Mr. Mao nodded slowly.

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The representatives of the companies who came to visit had their own thoughts, and the officials were much more pure.

Director Hu and Qi Zheng stood together, watching the film crew of "The Great Power and Heavy Weapons" busy filming on the ship, and muttered: "I didn't expect the progress of our country's shipbuilding industry. There is no precedent for a 100,000-ton breeding ship in the world. From the design drawings to the actual thing, it will be more than three years. Now it seems that it is only right to hand it over to Jiagu to lead the development. ”

As a high-level executive, there is one thing he knows. To develop the ocean, we can't just focus on how much GDP the ocean brings us, otherwise the distance between us and the developed countries may never catch up.

It is necessary to have a strategic vision and see where the gap between us and the developed countries in the ocean is in terms of the ability to explore and develop the ocean, so as to form a long-term awareness of development.

It is precisely because of this that the "world's first system" seems so rare.

Qi Zheng said with a radiant expression: "Actually, I didn't expect that the real thing would be made so quickly." ”

He was genuinely surprised.

Unlike the marine ranch, he can also open and hang, so that the construction of the marine ranch is speeding up a rapid way; "Jiahai No. 1" almost completely belongs to the category of industrial production, and he can actually do very little, except for the "money ability" - throwing money.

But he didn't realize that in today's China, the most important thing for large-scale equipment like "Jiahai No. 1" is actually to spend money.

Because we have the world's leading shipbuilding industry and a well-established supply chain, because we may not be the world's first-class but definitely not inferior and have a large team of marine experts, and because we account for two-thirds of the world's aquaculture production and are the world's largest consumer of aquatic products......

Thanks to being in China, he has all the basic conditions for vigorously developing large-scale deep-sea aquaculture equipment, so he only needs to spend money.

"The United States can't do it, and neither can Europe, and no country other than China can afford to build a full set of deep-sea 'breeding aircraft carrier fleets.'" Qi Zheng was full of self-confidence after a short period of surprise.

Director Hu was first taken aback by Qi Zheng's wild words, but then he realized that this might not be "wild words".

Like China, which has both strong development and production capacity and a large market, it is really difficult to pick out the second one when looking at the world.

If you add strong organizational skills, it can even be said that you can't pick out the second one.

This kind of thinking made Director Hu lose his mind for a short time.

Looking at it this way, "Jiahai No. 1" is really a microcosm of the Jiagu system - it relies on the complete domestic industrialization system, the domestic super-large market volume, and the production organization power embodied in the Jiagu cooperative.

But well......

Director Hu turned to smile and said: "You Jiagu are too capable, this left hand is a marine ranch, and the right hand is a deep-sea aquaculture aircraft carrier, your 30 billion, how can you spend it?"

It's not enough to spend!

Qi Zheng couldn't be more in favor, and if he came to another 30 billion, he would be able to spend it without blinking.

So, there are too many projects with potential, and sometimes it's really not a good thing.

"I see that you have also invited the marine ranching expert assessment team to come over, so Jiagu is planning to package the breeding ship into the 30 billion plan?" Director Hu guessed.

Qi Zheng smiled and said nothing.

He stared at Qi Zheng, as if he realized something, and gasped: "You can't think of another big plan, right?" ”

"It's not as exaggerated as you might think. Qi Zheng knocked on the railing with a smile, pointed to the deck under his feet and said, "No matter how much the breeding ship is expanded, it doesn't need 30 billion." ”

Good fellow, he makes no secret of his "take it all" ambition.

Qi Zheng then said: "Raising another one or two billion is enough, it's not a big plan." ”

“......”

Okay, you have a reason for it, you didn't say that one or two billion is "small money", probably modest.

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