A group of British and Irish companies have completed the latest phase of work on the Net9 fish farming solution. Net9 aims to address the safety, fish welfare and cost competitiveness challenges associated with bringing aquaculture into open ocean environments. Currently, fish and shellfish farms are located in sheltered bays and inlets, where production capacity is limited to the level that these water bodies can host sustainably. Net9 technology promotor John Fitzgerald highlights that “A move further offshore can pave the way for a new sustainable seafood industry of scale, worth billions of pounds in the UK alone, an economic potential similar to offshore wind. Despite this potential, such offshore aquaculture will occupy a relatively small amount of ocean real estate, potentially fitting within offshore wind turbine arrays”

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A start-up company is developing technology to make aquaculture possible in open ocean environments. The technology targets a 5 billion euro growth market opportunity for sustainable aquaculture in waters around the UK and Ireland, with further opportunities globally.

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