Aquaculture 2025

March 6 - 10, 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

Offshore Aquaculture

Monday, March 10, 2025 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Galerie 2
Chair: Tyler Sclodnick, Corey Sullivan

  • 8:30 AM
    Tori Spence McConnell

    WHAT’S NEXT FOR OPEN OCEAN AQUACULTURE MANAGEMENT IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

  • 8:45 AM
    Drue Banta Winters

    U.S. FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ON OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE

  • 9:00 AM
    Mikaela Freeman

    OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CO-LOCATION OF AQUACULTURE AND MARINE ENERGY

  • 9:15 AM
    Poppy Brittingham

    WHAT WILL WE GROW HERE?  AN ANALYSIS OF CANDIDATE SPECIES FOR OPEN OCEAN AQUACULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES

  • 9:30 AM
    Donna Lanzetta

    OFFSHORE FARM PERMITTING – THE ULTIMATE COLLABORATION

  • 9:45 AM
    Gavin Kay

    THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE, THE PERMIT PROCESS, PERSISTENCE AND PIVOTS – AN UPDATE ON OCEAN ERA’S OFFSHORE INITIATIVES

  • 10:30 AM
    Don Kent

    DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OFFSHORE FARM FOR CALIFORNIA YELLOWTAIL Seriola dorsalis

  • 10:45 AM
    Catherine Purcell

    USING OMEGA TO MODEL GENETIC RISKS OF ESCAPED FISH ASSOCIATED WITH OFFSHORE FINFISH CULTURE: AN EXAMPLE USING THE PROPOSED PACIFIC OCEAN AQUAFARMS OPERATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  • 11:00 AM
    Mads Birkeland

    INTEGRATED MODELING APPROACHES FOR ANALYZING NET PEN AQUACULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS

  • 11:15 AM
    John Oldman

    BIOGEOCHEMICAL WATER QUALITY MODELING OF PROPOSED PACIFIC OCEAN AQUAFARMS SITES – A PRECEDENT APPROACH FOR PERMITTING ANALYSES

  • 11:30 AM
    Michael Rust

    CAN WE PUT SCIENCE INTO REGULATION?  A DISCUSSION

  • 11:45 AM
    Michael Coogan

    ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AN OCEAN FISH FARM IN HAWAII: A 12 YEAR CASE STUDY

  • 12:00 PM
    Tomonari Furukawa

    LIGHT-DUTY AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER ROBOT FOR OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE

  • 12:15 PM
    Tomonari Furukawa

    COOPERATIVE LOCALIZATION AND NAVIGATION OF UNMANNED UNDERWATER AND SURFACE VEHICLES FOR OPEN OCEAN AQUACULTURE

  • 1:30 PM
    Longhuan Zhu

    THE DESIGN OF A KELP FARM FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE SITE

  • 1:45 PM
    Md. Mamun R. Patwary

    MOORING STRUCTURAL LOADS ON A COMMUNITY-SCALE INTEGRATED MULTI-TROPHIC AQUACULTURE (IMTA) SYSTEM FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO

  • 2:00 PM
    Daphne M. Munroe

    EXPERIMENTAL OFFSHORE AQUACULTRUE OF THE ATLANTIC SURFCLAM Spisula solidissima