Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Development of a self-sufficient breeding pen for the open sea with a focus on fish welfare using full-scale data from a pilot project Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Per Kristian Bruun Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
NRS - Norway Royal Salmon (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA - Aker Solutions (Norway) ,
Start year 2021 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 600,000 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/321453 Summary Aker Solutions is developing together with Norway Royal Salmon a farming facility for the open sea where fish welfare, personal safety and operational operations must be safeguarded in the best possible way. One of the challenges with aquaculture in the open sea is the wave conditions, which are significantly stronger than in the areas where farming is usually carried out. An object's response in a sea state will depend on wave height, wavelength and how deep the object is in the water. The design of a structure will therefore influence the behavior of the structure in the sea state. Today, there is good knowledge of the salmon's limitations in continuous water flow of different strength and duration, which can be used for choosing a location, developing technology and planning operations. Corresponding knowledge exists to a very small extent for the salmon's behavior on waves, and it is therefore not clear which design of the construction and response of the construction in waves is appropriate to provide the best fish welfare. The Arctic Offshore Farming project will place two unmanned submersible cages in a highly exposed location that is exposed to waves with significant wave height for both short and long wavelengths. This project will use measurements and experiences from Arctic Offshore Farming to establish limit values and statistical distributions for conditions around fish welfare, personal safety and operational operations that will be used to develop a farming facility for the open sea.
Keywords
Engineering;
Salmon;
Fish;
Open sea aquaculture;
Human health;
Animal welfare;
Prototype;
Cage aquaculture;
Marine Region
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
1
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