Business is booming for a aquaculture systems manufacturer as a result of the Chinese government's efforts to clean up its aquaculture sector.
Jin Bei Er (Fujian) Water Environmental Engineering Co., which also uses the English name Goldbill, has gotten national attention for a giant system it recently installed as part of a CNY 150 million (USD 21.8 million, EUR 19.4 million) renovation program on China’s southeast coast that will replace thousands of seawater aquaculture facilities.
The giant yellow facility was tugged into position at Xiapu, near the city of Ningde, in Fujian Province. Workers offloaded blue plastic buoys, which will replace “foam” buoys that were found to have degraded water quality. The Xiapu project is part of a clean-up of China’s wetlands and mudflats, which have both suffered from degradation caused by the effects of China's developing industrial base in the region.
Government-backed clean-ups like that underway in Xiapu are creating lots of opportunities for equipment makers like Goldbill, according to the company founder and chairman Yan Kuo Qiu.
“We are getting a lot of enquiries for our sea-based and land-based aquaculture systems,” Yan said. His firm had previously been focused on fingerlings for aquaculture.
High-profile clients include Zhangzidao, which bought Jin Bei Er systems for abalone farms, according to Yan. The company also has clients in Egypt and Malaysia, he said.
