Jostein Rørtveit of Innovation Norway’s office in Beijing believes this investment will lead to considerable growth in the Chinese aquaculture industry and that this will provide the opportunity for sales of advanced equipment, and expertise to the country.

China is without a doubt the world’s largest fisheries nation in terms of produced volume. Total production from aquaculture and catches reached 47.1 million metric tons in 2003. Despite this, farming of saltwater fish is relatively scarce.

”In 2003 saltwater fish only accounted for 4.1