Theoretical Basis and Construction System of Artificial Whale-fall

Abstract

As a new ecological marine fishery production method, marine ranching is also an important source to obtain high-quality protein. It has been developed rapidly in recent years and has now formed a multiplication, conservation, and recreational marine ranching construction model. With the accelerated implementation of the maritime power strategy, marine ranching has gradually advanced into the "deep blue". At the same time as its rapid development, there are also problems such as single construction mode, prominent homogeneity, and limited ecological carrying capacity, which has limited the innovative development of marine ranching to a certain extent. As a part of the marine ecosystem, the whale fall ecosystem will play a significant role in promoting the development of marine ranching. Based on systematically combing the development history of marine ranching and the principles of whale fall ecosystems, this paper combined the two organically, fully applied the ecological principles of whale fall formation to the construction of marine ranching, and built an artificial whale fall marine ranching technology system and the construction model, through artificial means to give full play to the large-scale input effects of exogenous nutrients from large animals such as whale falls, and enhance the regional productivity of marine ranching, thereby improving resource conservation and output capacity, in order to provide new ideas and direction reference for the construction and development of marine ranching in China.

Keywords

• artificial whale-fall
• marine ranching
• technical system
• construction mode