Aquaculture 2025

March 6 - 10, 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

ADVANCING U.S. OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE ENGINEERING

Matthew Bowden*, Richards C. Sunny, David Fredriksson

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 212 Rogers Avenue, Milford, CT 06460 USA; matthew.bowden@noaa.gov

 



As demand for seafood production in the United States increases, offshore aquaculture will become more widely adopted. Due to the extreme weather events experienced in offshore conditions, offshore aquaculture will require rigorous engineering efforts to enable safe, long lasting aquaculture production systems. This presentation will provide a high-level overview of a typical ocean engineering design process that can be used to support the development of sustainable offshore aquaculture systems. This presentation will also identify the gaps in literature around this topic and present a plan to work towards robust offshore aquaculture engineering guidance for the U.S.