
The signing ceremony of the cooperation project is held at Hubei Hongshan Laboratory. [Photo/news.hzau.edu.cn]
A signing and global product launch ceremony for the Intelligent and Precise Fish Feeding System was held at the Hubei Hongshan Laboratory on Nov 10. Huazhong Agricultural University's (HZAU) College of Fisheries officially licensed the technology to Shenzhen Shengya Environment Technology Co Ltd through a 20-year exclusive license agreement valued at 20 million yuan ($2.8 million). This partnership marks the technology's transition from the lab to large-scale industrial application, significantly boosting high-quality aquaculture development.
HZAU Vice President Li Dapeng emphasized the need for integrating scientific and industrial innovation to gain a strategic edge in global competition. He noted that the system, developed over a decade, successfully addresses core industry challenges: meeting the fundamental biological needs of fish while reducing excessive feed waste.
Professor Wang Chunfang explained the system's R&D process. The technology combines fish biology, IoT, intelligent computing, and automated control. It creates a "sensing-forecasting-control" framework that allows for remote, quantitative, and precise feeding, minimizing waste and pollution. Key breakthroughs include using feeding sensors to gauge fish intake, a bioenergy model to determine feeding strategies, and smart controllers for on-demand execution. Application data shows the system significantly reduces costs for feed, labor, and water treatment.
Fan Mingjun, chairman of Shenzhen Shengya Environment Technology Co Ltd, expressed the company's commitment to industrialization. They plan to establish the first production line within the year and build a preliminary global marketing network within two years, aiming to set a global benchmark for intelligent aquaculture.