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Front. Aquac.
Sec. Production Biology
Volume 3 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/faquc.2024.1428206
This article is part of the Research Topic Differentiating and defining ‘exposed’ and ‘offshore’ aquaculture and implications for aquaculture operation, management, costs, and policy View all 8 articles

Recommendations for Facilitating Offshore Aquaculture: Lessons from International Experience

Provisionally accepted
Carlos Carroza-Meza Carlos Carroza-Meza 1,2*Derie Fuentes Derie Fuentes 3Felipe Hurtado Felipe Hurtado 4Felipe Palacio Felipe Palacio 5Daniel Benetti Daniel Benetti 1,2
  • 1 Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, United States
  • 2 Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States
  • 3 Systems Biotechnology Center, Andres Bello University, Las Condes, Chile
  • 4 Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Valparaiso, Chile
  • 5 Other, Santiago, Chile

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    In 2017, the Chilean government through the Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO) (an agency under the Ministry of Economy) launched a public call for the execution of a Technological Program to adopt, adapt, and/or developing enabling technologies for the development of Ocean Aquaculture in places with high-energy (strong waves, winds and/or currents).The consortium of companies, technology centers, and universities led by Ecosea Farming (Ecosea), focused its efforts on aspects related to structural engineering, mooring systems, sensors, Internet of Things (IoT), and other integral components, as well as essential aspects of regulation and standards. On this last topic, intensive collaborative work was carried out between the technical teams of the Andrés Bello University, the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca), the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca), and CORFO, with the aim of gathering relevant information from international experience, and establishing the main differences between aquaculture traditionally developed in the fjords, coast, estuaries, and inland sea of southern Chile and aquaculture in the high seasa practice not yet clearly defined and still indistinctly known as offshore or open ocean aquaculture. This document summarizes the main findings obtained and can be a useful guide for future experiences in other countries with important aquaculture developments.

    Keywords: Offshore Aquaculture1, Ocean Aquaculture2, Environment3, spatial planning4, Mariculture5. (Min.5-Max. 8)

    Received: 06 May 2024; Accepted: 06 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Carroza-Meza, Fuentes, Hurtado, Palacio and Benetti. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Carlos Carroza-Meza, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, United States

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