Recently, Guangdong Zoological Society announced the list of the first "Lingnan Animal and Plant Science and Technology Award" winners. The Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences won 3 such awards, including 1 first prize and 2 second prizes.

Led by researcher Wang Qing, the "Research and Application of Virus Disease Diagnosis and Immune Control Technology for Major Freshwater Fish in Guangdong Province" won the first prize of Lingnan Animal and Plant Science and Technology Award. The project systematically carried out the continuous monitoring of grass carp haemorrhagic disease, koi herpesvirus disease, and tilapia lake virus disease, established multiple virus sensitive fish cell lines, developed detection technologies that meet different application scenarios, and created vaccine preparations with different application methods. The project results have reduced the risk of major and new viral diseases of freshwater fish breaking out and spreading in China, improved the detection ability and prevention and control technology level of new exotic diseases, and achieved significant social, economic and ecological benefits.

The "Cultivation and Application of New Varieties of Pony Carp" led by researcher Zhu Huaping won the second prize of Lingnan Animal and Plant Science and Technology Award. The project has carried out the cultivation of new varieties of Hehua carp suitable for rice field cultivation and the research, promotion and application of supporting technologies, cultivated a new variety of Hehua carp "Ruyuan No. 1" dedicated to comprehensive rice and fishery cultivation, established large-scale seedling breeding technology and early propagation technology, realized the annual supply of seedlings, and formulated relevant technical operation procedures. He Hua carp "Ruyuan No. 1" rice field ecological breeding technology and "rice - Hehua carp - Tianluo" mountain rice field breeding model were established, and "rice fish snail" comprehensive planting and breeding demonstration base was built according to local conditions. Through breeding technology training, lectures and on-site technical guidance, he Hua carp "Ruyuan No. 1" and supporting technologies were actively promoted to aquaculture practitioners and consumers, improving the technical level of farmers, To achieve the production goal of high yield and quality, the comprehensive benefits of rice and fishery integrated planting and breeding were improved.

The "Science Popularization of Fishery Science and Technology and Fishery Culture" led by Yang Wanling, a senior experimenter, won the second prize of Lingnan Animal and Plant Science and Technology Award. The project takes fishery cultural knowledge as the main line, excavates its cultural connotation and educational resources, and combines scientific knowledge of fishery science and technology such as edible aquatic products, common knowledge of fishery drugs, disease knowledge of aquatic products, recreational fishery and aquatic vaccine, to show the wonders of fishery scientific research to the masses and broaden the breadth of the masses' understanding of fishery. The rich and colorful popular science knowledge of fishery culture has greatly shaped the community residents' sentiments, stimulated the masses' thirst for knowledge, played a role in popular science publicity, and played a great role in improving the masses' scientific and cultural literacy and enriching their spiritual life.

The "Lingnan Animal and Plant Science and Technology Award" is a science and technology award in the field of animal and plant sciences in Guangdong Province, targeting the three regions of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, as well as the national and animal botany sciences and related disciplines with animals and plants as research carriers. There are Outstanding Youth Award, Project Award and Chimelong Animal and Plant Protection Award. The Project Award consists of Natural Science Award, Technological Invention Award, Science and Technology Progress Award and Science Popularization Award. Chimelong Animal and Plant Protection Award consists of Advanced Individual Award and Special Award.