Open Ocean Aquaculture Engineering Workshop

First OOAE workshop was held in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, on 14-18'th of August, 2005.

In many parts of the world, researchers independently have identified a need to move marine aquaculture operations from near-shore facilities to more exposed, open ocean sites.

Thus the goal of the workshop is to determine a fundamental set of methodologies to design and analyze many types of Open Ocean Aquaculture systems and to initiate a program to develop international academic programs in this area.

The topics of interest to be addressed at the workshop:

• Computer Fluid Dynamic modeling of both finfish and shellfish farms
• Net structure flow dynamics
• Diffraction effects: implications on large farms
• Structural modeling of contaminant systems
• Effects of biological fouling on drag, buoyance and inertia
• Biologic response of fish in a seaway
• The use of smart structures in aquaculture
• The environmental effect on open ocean aquaculture, including waste dilution, dispersion, noise pollution and marine mammal interaction
• Physical modeling of open ocean structures

Last updated: Tuesday November 29, 2005