Aquaculture America 2023

February 23 - 26, 2023

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

Offshore Aquaculture

Friday, February 24, 2023 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Studio 9
Chair: Tyler Sclodnick; Abigail Bockus

  • 11:00 AM
    Tyler Sclodnick

    WORKING TO ESTABLISH DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS "OFFSHORE", "OPEN OCEAN", AND "EXPOSED"

  • 11:15 AM
    Kristy L. Beard

    AQUACULTURE OPPORTUNITY AREAS: A NEW APPROACH TO U.S. AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT

  • 11:30 AM
    Andrew M. Richard

    INTERAGENCY COORDINATION FOR OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE IN THE U.S. GULF OF MEXICO: A REGIONAL MODEL FOR ESTABLISHING EFFICIENCIES IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR AQUACULTURE

  • 11:45 AM
    Neil Anthony Sims

    WHAT THEY DON’T KNOW CAN INDEED HURT: WHY OCEAN ERA IS JOINING THE COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE

  • 12:00 PM
    David Fredriksson

    Panel on Policy Alignment

    Panelists: Danielle Blacklock (NOAA), Ruth Driscoll-Lovejoy (Environmental Defense Fund), Rod Fujita (Environmental Defense Fund), Don Kent (Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute), Neil Sims (Ocean Era), Chris Stock (Zeigler Bros)

     

    Moderator: David Fredriksson (University of New Hampshire)

     

    AQUAA Act, SEAfood Act, SATS, Coalition for Sustainable Aquaculture, and Fujita, et al’s “risks, remedies and gaps”. The last few years have seen significant movement in the policy landscape around offshore aquaculture. This panel will discuss the emerging opportunities for building consensus between industry and the marine conservation community. There is growing realization that we all probably want the same thing – a vibrant, productive, environmentally and socially responsible US offshore aquaculture industry that is a model for the rest of the world. But there are different perspectives on how

  • 1:30 PM
    Brittany Beauchamp

    CANADA'S AQUACULTURE MONITORING PROGRAM

  • 1:45 PM
    Steve Naylor

    THE EVOLUTION AND INNOVATION OF NET PEN CULTURE IN THE GREAT LAKES

  • 2:00 PM
    Tyler Sclodnick

    SITE SELECTION FOR OPEN OCEAN AQUACULTURE

  • 2:15 PM
    Kent Satterlee III

    USER CONFLICTS ASSOCIATED WITH MARINE AQUACULTURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

  • 2:30 PM
    Dennis J. Peters

    THE VELELLA EPSILON PROJECT: PIONEERING OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO; CHAPTER 5 – FINALIZING PROJECT PERMITTING AND PREPARING FOR DEPLOYMENT: ACT II

  • 2:45 PM
    Corey Sullivan

    UTILIZING NEW FARMING LOCATIONS VIA "DUCK-AND-COVER" AQUACULTURE

  • 3:00 PM
    David Fredriksson

    ASSESSING FATIGUE LOADS FOR KELP FARM MOORING LINES

  • 3:30 PM
    Mikaela Freeman

    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CO-LOCATION: OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE AND MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY

  • 3:45 PM
    Michael MacNicoll

    QUANTIFYING THE STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS OF AN OPEN OCEAN KELP CULTIVATION FARM FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL

  • 4:00 PM
    Eliza Harrison

    THE POTENTIAL FOR OFFSHORE SEAWEED FARMING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  • 4:15 PM
    Zach Moscicki

    INSIGHTS FROM A PILOT SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF A NOVEL KELP CULTIVATION SYSTEM FOR EXPOSED AND OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS

  • 4:30 PM
    Jonathan Demmer

    FROM ONSHORE TO OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE: HOW NUMERICAL STUDIES CAN HELP BLUE MUSSELS Mytilus edulis SHELLFISHERIES?

  • 4:45 PM
    Kyle Morrison

    DEEPCHILLING: MAXIMIZING YIELD AND FRESHNESS WITH A SUBZERO COLD CHAIN