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Hainan to build gigantic fish farms

China\'s southern-most island province of Hainan is to build three large fish farm cages, each as large as seven standard soccer fields; each cage can hold about 6,000 tonnes of fish.
April 20, 2018

With a diameter of 110 meters and a depth of 75 meters, the fish farm platform will measure 250,000 cubic meters. Each cage can hold about 6,000 tonnes of fish, 500 to 600 times as much as standard deep water cages, Chinese media report. The cages will have the highest level of automation in China as they will automatically provide feed and monitor the fish.