China’s Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering Design and Research Institute in Shanghai is leading the planning of these mobile farms and is preparing to tackle key development difficulties.
According to Eastday.com, each farm would include broodstock, juveniles, grow-out and processing facilities, and require 3-10 square kilometres of sea.
The grow-out phase of each farm will rely on closed-containment “vessels” that prevent the influx of foreign pathogens. And being self-propelled means that the farms are able to avoid being hit by severe sea conditions such as typhoons.