863 Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China,
“artificial breeding technology of Bohadschia argus” which is undertaken by
Associate professor Zhang Zhihuai of IOCAS, have made great progress. After
more than three years of harvesting and culture, the researchers obtained 270kg
parental individuals of B.argus Jaeger. Through continuous establishing and
optimizing the conditions of feeding, ripening and reproduction, larvae and
juveniles were finally successfully bred in 2012.
Presently, annual checking meeting of the project has been
held in Lingao County, Hainan. The checking group was composed of experts from
Hainan University and Hainan Fisheries Research Institute. The research group
has bred more than thirty seven million B. argus larvae, and some of them have
grown to the juvenile stage. Moreover, the experiment of seeding B.argus was
performed in Wengtian sea field of Wenchang City, Hainan Province. The experts
all agreed that Prof. Zhang’s group have achieved the goals of the year.
Currently, the artificial breeding technology of B. argus was nearly mature,
which will lay a ground for it to be a new high-value economic species for
Guangdong and Haian province and also promote the development of the matchable
mode of sowing it in tropical shallow seabed.