Around 3,000 salmon were collected from Shenlan No 1, China's first deep-sea fish farm off Qingdao, Shandong province, on June 21.

This was the first batch of salmon cultivated in the open and warm waters of the Yellow Sea, signifying that domestic consumers can relish native salmon products soon.

An aerial view of Shenlan No 1, China's first deep-sea fish farm off Qingdao. It serves as an "intelligent cradle" for breeding salmon. [Photo/IC]

A vacuum fish pump is used to catch salmon to avoid injuries to their bodies. [Photo/IC]

A worker shows a salmon collected from Shenlan No 1 deep-sea fish farm to the camera on June 21. [Photo/IC]

Workers process the salmon collected from Shenlan 1. The whole collection process from the fish pump to the workshop requires only 45 minutes, according to the company in charge of salmon cultivation and manufacturing at Shenlan 1. [Photo/IC]

Chinese consumers can relish domestic salmon products soon. [Photo/IC]

A worker processes the salmon collected from Shenlan 1. [Photo/IC]

It may take about 12 hours to deliver the salmon from the fish farm to Qingdao markets and about 36 hours to transport them all across the country. [Photo/IC]