Smart Marine Ranching

INDUSTRY CONTEXT · CONTEXT

From “living off the sea” to “cultivating the sea with digital intelligence”

With the rapid development of marine-resource exploration, offshore wind power, marine ranches and port and terminal construction, traditional supervision methods face problems such as narrow monitoring coverage, a lack of detection means and low supervision efficiency, creating an urgent need for advanced technologies to enable detection and perception and to build all-weather, all-around monitoring systems.

Modern marine ranches are moving from nearshore aquaculture toward deep-sea and far-sea complexes, where the offshore operating environment is complex, on-site staffing costs are high, and habitat and safety risks are hard to perceive in real time. Centered on its marine-ranch integrated management system and integrated observation network, GW-OCEAN builds a transparent marine ranch that is visible, measurable and controllable — grasping the ecological status, fishery-resource status and production-operation status of marine ranches within the jurisdiction, and achieving informatized operations, intelligent analysis, timely early warning, clustered scheduling and coordinated auxiliary functions.

ARCHITECTURE

Integrated observation network + integrated management system

GW-OCEAN’s self-developed integrated marine-ranch observation network system comprises multiple modules — a subsea observation platform, a surface-mounted platform, a marine-ranch intelligent management system, a data acquisition and analysis center, a radar–electro-optical monitoring system, offshore personnel safety management and a mobile app — enabling tracking and monitoring of the ecological environment and resource status of marine ranches, as well as intelligent management of operation and maintenance.

A

Subsea Observation PlatformSubsea Observation

Integrating hydrological, water-quality and hydrodynamic sensors with underwater HD cameras and LED fill lights for long-term continuous online monitoring of the underwater environment. The platform offers a high protection rating, strong wave and corrosion resistance, a stable structure, easy deployment, strong scalability and low maintenance cost.

B

Surface-Mounted PlatformSurface Platform

Integrating an intelligent dome camera, a shore-based weather station, a microwave base station and an omnidirectional antenna to collect parameters such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, radiation and UV — strengthening the capacity to monitor and warn of meteorological disasters.

C

Radar–Electro-Optical MonitoringRadar & EO

Fusing radar–electro-optical sensing, infrared cameras, AIS vessel identification and satellite maps; through coordinated radar and electro-optical equipment, it performs all-weather, wide-area, fully automatic target detection and tracking across the marine ranch.

D

Management Platform & Mobile AppManagement Platform & App

Provides integrated management and display of big data including baseline data, environmental observation data, production-operation data, marine-meteorological data and third-party water-quality parameters, building a transparent marine ranch that is visible, measurable and controllable; the mobile app supports real-time access to observation data, with features such as observation-station distribution, real-time data monitoring, surveillance-video playback and online early warning.

WORKFLOW

A closed loop of monitoring — transmission — management — application

1. 1

   Integrated perception monitoring

   The subsea observation platform, surface-mounted platform and radar–electro-optical sensing continuously collect hydrological, water-quality, meteorological and target data, providing continuous observation of the sea-area environment and the status of biological species.

2. 2

   Real-time data transmission

   Multi-source monitoring data is transmitted back in real time over the communication system to the online observation platform, then enters the data acquisition and analysis center for aggregation, cleaning and modeling.

3. 3

   Analysis and early warning

   By collecting marine-observation, production-operation and marine-meteorological data along with officially released sea-area environment, biology and water-quality data, big-data aggregation and analysis are performed to issue various disaster-warning notices for proactive disaster prevention.

4. 4

   Integrated management

   Vessels, deep-water net pens and other equipment and facilities, projects under construction, recreational fishing grounds, and the production and sales of marine delicacies are managed in a unified way to produce marine-ranch production-operation reports.

5. 5

   Visualized command and scheduling

   Through computer control and large-screen display, all kinds of observation and construction-operation data are categorized, aggregated and displayed by zone, supporting production-operation management, command and scheduling, and scientific decision-making.

ADVANTAGES

Why choose GW-OCEAN

CASE STUDY · CASE

Genghai No. 1 · Beiji Island and other marine-ranch complexes

Marine ranch · integrated management single-pane view

The “maritime AIS radar–electro-optical multi-source fusion early-warning platform” has been deployed at the “Genghai No. 1” marine-ranch complex, the Yantai Runfengyuan national-level marine ranch and the Weihai Shuangdao Bay national-level marine ranch, broadly achieving real-time monitoring, track playback, risk assessment and early-warning push for vessel behavior in key sea areas.

The online observation system platform project for the national-level marine ranch in the waters of Beiji Island, Rui’an, Zhejiang — won and implemented by GW-OCEAN — has successfully passed the expert panel’s preliminary acceptance. The system deploys underwater HD video surveillance, multi-parameter marine-environment sensors, meteorological sensors and underwater acoustic detection equipment, achieving real-time, continuous and three-dimensional monitoring of the ecological environment, biological resources, water-quality changes and meteorological conditions of the artificial-reef area.

The multi-function monitoring and management system for the Genghai national-level marine ranch in the western waters of Sishili Bay, Yantai, comprises seven hardware systems — power supply, data transmission, water-quality, meteorological and hydrological monitoring, and above- and below-water video surveillance — plus marine-environment monitoring software and a mobile app. It collects pH, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, temperature, salinity and water depth together with air temperature, air pressure, wind speed and direction and rainfall in real time, and provides live underwater video of targets in the artificial-reef zone. Built by Shandong Genghai Marine Technology, Shandong Marine Group Technology and GreatWay Ocean, the project passed expert acceptance in 2026.

• Genghai No. 1 / Runfengyuan / Shuangdao Bay: multi-source fusion monitoring and early warning
• Beiji Island national-level marine ranch: integrated online observation across monitoring–transmission–management–application
• Seabed-base platforms optimized to local conditions, preventing silt burial and ensuring long-term operation
• Genghai national-level marine ranch: seven hardware systems + monitoring software + mobile app, expert acceptance passed in 2026

SCOPE & COST

What determines the cost of a smart marine-ranch system

There is no single price for a smart marine-ranch system; the cost is driven by the scope of construction. Start an assessment by clarifying these factors:

• Number of observation stations and the sea area to be covered
• Types and quantities of sensors: hydrological, water-quality, hydrodynamic, meteorological
• Whether underwater HD video and radar–electro-optical monitoring are included
• Communication method (microwave, 4G/5G, BeiDou) and return distance
• Power supply and the form of the offshore mounting platform
• Whether on-premises deployment, a mobile app and third-party data access are required

Investment in the intelligent observation and management system is a different scope from the offshore main works (net pens, platforms, artificial reefs) — separate the two before comparing quotes. Configuration and budget are assessed against your sea-area conditions; contact us to discuss.