Application of Artificial Intelligence Monitoring and Big Data Analysis in Marine Resource Management
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Oceans and Coastal Zones".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editor
Interests: digital economy; marine industry; marine technology innovation; marine resources; marine ranching
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Dear Colleagues,
This study explores the key drivers and transformation pathways of smart marine ranching under the digital intelligence era. We retrieved reports on the digitalization of ocean ranches from four major official media outlets (e.g., Xinhua, People.cn, CCTV). After a process of screening and supplementation, 329 high-quality texts were selected for grounded theory analysis to extract key influencing factors. Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) and fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) were then applied to ten national marine ranches that were rated “excellent” for four consecutive years up to 2024. The results identify essential enabling conditions and reveal three transformation paths. This study offers both theoretical insight and policy-oriented strategies for promoting digital marine governance and sustainable development.
This Special Issue will focus on marine ranching as a typical coastal ecosystem and fishery resource management object. Its research goals aim to serve smart fisheries, sustainable marine resource development, as well as ecological protection and governance optimization.
Dr. Juying Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine environmental monitoring
- modeling
- AI applications
- digital economy
- marine ranching
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