The Guoxin 1 2-2 is China's third purpose-built fish farming vessel.

Third purpose-built fish farming ship has started work in China

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China has “entered a new stage of intelligent, standardised, and industrialised operation” of ship-based fish farms, according to a video about the official naming of the third such vessel.

Guoxin 1 2-2 is 244.9 metres long, and has a pen volume of 100,000 cubic metres.

Purpose built in just 18 months, the vessel follows in the wake of the Guoxin 1, and the Guoxin 1 2-1.

China now has three purpose-built fish farming vessels operating.

“Since the world’s first 10,000-tonne smart fishery breeding vessel Guoxin 1 set sail, to the 2.0 version of the farm ship 2-1 iteration, and now the delivery of Guoxin 1 2-2, the three ships’ links signal that deep-sea aquaculture in ships has entered a new stage of intelligent, standardised, and industrialised operation,” the video’s captioning says.

Like its sister ships, the Guoxin 1 2-2 has deep water intake, and carries out processing on board.

Construction of the vessel, which has a displacement of 150,000 tonnes, started in October 2023, and sea trials were completed in March this year. The vessel has now entered commercial operation.

As well as purpose-built vessels, China is also converting former cargo ships for use as fish farms.

The video was posted on LinkedIn by China aquaculture consultant and journalist Daniel Huang.

The Guoxin 1 2-2 is China's third purpose-built fish farming vessel. It has a pen volume of 10,000 cubic metres.
The 244.9-metre long Guoxin 1 2-2 at the quayside.
The Guoxin 1 2-2 under way.
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