Aquaculture

 

Many species of fish are under increased pressure due to overfishing and other anthropogenic stresses.  With the worlds population fast approaching 7 Billion, demand for food is ever increasing.  Sustainable aquaculture is a realistic method of alleviating pressure on wild fish stocks.

TechWorks Marine can supply various services to Aquaculture operations from at all stages of development and subsequent operation.

Site Development

  • Initial Site Investigation
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Detailed Site Investigation
  • Resource Monitoring
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Event Forecasting

TechWorks Marine can assist in the following areas:

  • Provision and/or ongoing management of real time water quality and weather monitoring equipment (TMBB, represented partner sensors)
  • Metocean Data Acquisition (metocean and environmental, water and sediment sampling)
  • Bathymetric Survey (site investigations)
  • ROV Inspections (habitat, structural and net assessments)
  • Live Video Links (security using infra-red and visible cameras)
  • Data management and dissemination (quality assurance, maintenance of web-portal)
  • Reporting

Jellyfish are quickly being realised as a significant problem for coastal communities worldwide, causing huge economic loss to a variety of activities, particularly aquaculture and tourism. TechWorks have been actively involved in developing innovative solutions within the EOJELLY and JELLYFOR projects which aim to effectively forecast jellyfish blooms. Our involvement in these EU funded research programmes provide tangible added value in the provision of services to the aquaculture industry.

Recent projects:

  1. As part of the JELLYFOR project, TechWorks Marine deployed one of their coastal monitoring buoys in Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.  This platform has been transmitting valuable oceanographic data for 18 months.
  2. TechWorks Marine carried out video survey of the seabed as part of an Environmental Impact Statement for a salmon farm in Bantry Bay, Cork, Ireland.
  3. TechWorks Marine provided and man Meitheal Éisc Teo with a real time water quality monitoring system for their salmon farming operations.  This system was providing the producers with invaluable data on Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, Chlorophyll and Salinity levels for over 4 years.