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Overview of fish farming cage structures and their applicability for offshore mariculture in the Adriatic Sea

In order to continue the development of mariculture in a sustainable manner, fish farms tend to be relocated to further offshore sea areas. A great number of offshore cage farms has been designed, built and put into use over the last few decades, which implicates only further development in that direction. An overview of existing structures for mariculture installations has been conducted in order to analyse technical characteristics of different cage designs and their applicability to potential off-shore farm locations in the Adriatic sea. An extended SWOT analysis was carried out in order to single out systems with greater application potential taking into account conditions in the Adriatic sea and present fish farming practices. Different options are ranked and a preliminary solution of the regionally applicable fish farming cage is proposed to allow further refinement of conceptual designs taking into account not only the technical features but also other factors. This study discusses technical parameters that must be considered for effective offshore mariculture, which have to be additionally combined with other parameters in order to fully support production.

mariculture ; offshore ; rearing cages ; technical solutions ; Adriatic sea

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