We will prepare and distribute guidelines to assist commercial applicants in obtaining applicable aquaculture permits in Massachusetts and develop recommendations for greater coordination among local, state, and federal regulatory agencies to reduce the time required for permitting. Testing has been done on the Ocean Spar Pan and the Sea Station cage, both of which have been commercialized by Ocean Spar Technologies, LLC of Washington state. We also determined wave-induced loads on cylindrical cages in collaboration with Sea Pride, Inc., of Florida. The Ocean Drifter is a self-propelled fish farming system that can operate in the open ocean and survive the severest marine weather conditions. Model tests at DTMB have demonstrated the seaworthiness of the concept and characterized the power requirements.
Current attention is on operational optimization in ocean currents.