Aquacultura Marinha Offshore

O caminho para a Sustentabilidade e Rentabilidade

A.Freitas Nov 2010

 Portugal o

3 maior consumidor de peixe do mundo... ... mas s produz 8.000 toneladas de peixe de aquacultura! !?? chegar s 30 mil at 2013!!??

Queremos

Why we need Aquaculture?

One of the reasons that aquaculture is going to
be so important for us in the future is that we have calculated that by 2025, we're going to need 4 million metric tons more seafood than we are currently consuming today, in this country. There is no way that that production is going to come from wild stock fisheries, so we're going to have to go to aquaculture.
Linda Chaves Aquaculture Coordinator for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

3 realidades de hoje!! ...ainda!!!

Falar hoje de aquacultura falar de
trs realidades:
para o consumidor, a diferena de preo entre o peixe cultivado e o selvagem; o preconceito sobre um peixe que no do mar; e a inevitvel realidade de que as reservas de peixe no mar esto a esgotar-se.

 Diz-se que o peixe de aquacultura deixa

um rasto de destruio nos ambientes marinhos.
A produo de camaro nas Filipinas devastou 109 mil hectares de mangais pantanosos desde os anos 70, o equivalente a dois teros da rea de mangal do pas.

Num relatrio de 2009, a Greenpeace

coloca Portugal no ranking dos pases que mais consomem peixe de origem no sustentvel. consumido a nvel mundial era de aquacultura, hoje ela equivale a metade de todo o peixe consumido.

Se, em 1986, apenas 14 por cento do peixe

 Em 2030, a populao mundial ter

ultrapassado os 8.000 milhes.
Se, nessa altura, se mantiverem as percentagens de consumo de peixe de 17 quilos anuais per capita (Portugal consome 59 quilos anuais per capita), sero necessrias 29 milhes de toneladas de peixe extra s 110 milhes de toneladas j produzidas e capturadas hoje.

Em 2030, contudo, os oceanos estaro

completamente saturados, reservas em ruptura, espcies extintas.

A escalada dos combustveis, aliada crise

alimentar, para continuar, prev a FAO. Isto, a par das alteraes climticas, mudou totalmente o panorama das pescas.

 Plano Operacional das Pescas do Governo

2007/13, para onde sero disponibilizados cerca de 105 milhes de euros.

Esta deciso vem de Bruxelas e do Fundo Europeu de Pescas: a aquacultura representa 65 mil postos de trabalho na UE.

Entre Agosto de 2001 e Maio 2007, o Instituto de

Investigao das Pescas e do Mar (Ipimar) realizou ensaios para a instalao de jaulas de piscicultura em mar aberto, chamada de produo offshore, ao largo da ilha da Armona, em Olho.

O offshore possibilita a produo intensiva de

peixe em grandes quantidades (a Grcia j produz dourada assim h vrios anos) apesar de o investimento inicial ser extremamente elevado, alguns lotes j foram concessionados.

Jangadas Flutuantes e Jaulas submersiveis

Open Ocean Aquaculture Expands and Diversifies

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Aquapod Net Pens

Parques Elicos Offshore

A construo do parque
de Thanet comeou h dois anos e envolveu um investimento de 780 milhes de libras, cerca de 914 milhes de euros. As turbinas tm uma altura de 115 metros e esto espalhadas por uma rea de 35 quilmetros quadrados.

O parque de Thanet, situado na costa de Kent no sul de Inglaterra, tem 100 turbinas capazes de produzir 300 megawatts.

 Depois de ontem a China ter revelado os seus objetivos prximos na

mudana de matriz energtica, hoje o Carbon Trust, entidade tutelada pelo governo britnico, declarou que a Inglaterra pretende ser, at ao final da prxima dcada, o maior produtor mundial de energia elica off-shore.

Segundo David McVeigh, executivo da empresa, o investimento no setor

resultou no maior ndice de atividade da empresa em muitos anos. Diz anda McVeigh que o pas tem todas as condies para prosseguir o sucesso atingido - vento e ondas constantes e fluxo de mar em guas pouco profundas situadas perto de centros urbanos que necessitam de energia.

Google com Projecto Gigante de Energia Eolica Offshore

A Google no pra de inovar, anunciou
que est investindo num projecto de Energia Elica Offshore, nos Estados Unidos chamado de Atlantic Wind Connection. O parque ir estender-se ao longo de 560 quilmetros desde New Jersey a Virginia. A Google ter uma participao de 37,5% na Atlantic Wind Connection, juntamente com scios Good Energies e Marubeni. O projecto tem um custo de cerca de 6 Bilies de dlares e espera agora aprovao do governo federal norteamericano e dos governos estatais de New Jersey, delaware, Maryland e Virginia. O sistema ser capaz de gerar 6000 MW, potncia suficiente para abastecer 1.9 milhes de famlias. De acordo com o Google, o projecto facilita a ampliao da energia elica longe da costa.

Parques Elicos Offshore

A Crown Estate (entidade que gere a
propriedade da coroa inglesa) concedeu EDP Renovveis (EDPR) e SeaEnergy PLC (SeaEnergy) uma rea (Zona 1), no mbito das adjudicaes do concurso UK Round 3, para o desenvolvimento de parques elicos offshore no Esturio de Moray (Moray Firth), na Esccia, com uma capacidade instalada de cerca de 1,3 GW, suficiente para fornecer energia a 730 000 lares.

Parque elico offshore de Middelgrunden (Dinamarca)

EDP pretende criar projecto elico offshore em Portugal este ano

A EDP conta ter um projecto de offshore na costa portuguesa em
fase de arranque no final de 2010 ou incio de 2011.

"Estamos empenhados em criar condies para que se aproveite o

"offshore" em Portugal - com torres elicas sobre bases flutuantes", disse Lusa Antnio Mexia, margem da cerimnia de assinatura de contratos de off-shore no Reino Unido.

O projecto de offshore em Portugal "est neste momento em fase de

I&D e resulta de um acordo com a empresa Principal Power, mas j tambm est envolvido no projecto um parceiro portugus, a empresa A Silva Matos.

Sem dvida... ...o futuro est no Offshore!!

Aquacultura

Marinha Offshore
Em sinergia e sustentada pela

Produo de

Energia Elica

"It is time to farm the ocean as we farm the land." Jacques Cousteau 1973

Aquapod Net Pens

 A New Way To Protect Your Investment in Offshore Fish Farming

The patented Aquapod is a unique containment system for marine aquaculture, suited for rough open ocean conditions and a diversity of species. The Aquapod is constructed of individual triangle net panels fastened together in a spheroid shape. Most Aquapod net panels are made of reinforced high density polyethylene with 80% recycled content and covered with coated galvanized steel wire mesh netting. Individual net panels or groups of panels are modified to accommodate other functions, such as access, feeding, fish transfer, grading, and harvesting. The Aquapod functions as a secure containment system for finfish while submerged or partially surfaced.

Wire Mesh Net Panels

Net handling activities in present commercially sized fish pens are labor-intensive, require significant power and cannot be performed in strong seas and currents. The modular nature of the Aquapod solves this problem by utilizing individual net panels which are interchangeable and scaled to be handled easily either on the surface or while submerged. The balance of weight and buoyancy in the net panel materials makes each panel, weighting 40-50kg in air, neutrally buoyant underwater. These net panels are fastened together to form strong secure geodesic spherical enclosures, custom tailored to site specific hydrological and environmental requirements of deep water fish farms.

The use of wire mesh netting guarantees superior predator proof

containment, greatly reducing the possibility of fish losses due to escapement.

 Aquapod Features
Submersion: The Aquapod can be operated partially surfaced for ease of operations or fully submerged for storm and collision safety. Near neutral buoyancy of structural materials makes vertical positioning easy. Fixed Volume: The Aquapod maintains its shape and volume in strong currents or under tow. Aquapod net pens are available in sizes from 115 cubic meters (8 m diameter) to 11,000 cubic meters (28 m diameter). Modularity: The modular nature of the Aquapod containment system allows easy inspection for net inventory control, containment quality control, and best management systems for marine net pens. Maintenance is very efficient and requires little or no diving time. Predator Control: We use tensioned vinyl coated galvanized steel wire mesh for containment netting, guaranteeing superior predator control in areas where losses have made fish farming difficult. Feeding: One or more panels in each Aquapod net pen is modified to receive and distribute hydraulically supplied feed from a centralized feed barge or boat. The rigid exoskeleton of the Aquapod allows easy attachment of any number of feeding ports and secures feed pipe installations at any location on the exterior of the pen. Safety: The ability of the Aquapod to rotate within its mooring grid, bringing any segment of the pen to the surface or near to the surface, greatly reduces the amount and depth of diving needed to operate the pen and greatly facilitates cleaning.

 Affordable Ownership

Aquapod Net Pens

Aquapod net pens are available in a multitude of sizes and price ranges. Ocean Farm Technologies works closely with our customers to provide efficient containment capacity for your growing needs, tailored for specific site conditions. Aquapod net pens provide superior containment value at a competitive cost. The total life cycle cost of any system includes capital cost, the cost of maintenance and the cost of operations including risk. Aquapod net pens are designed and built with close attention to minimizing our customer's risk and cost of ownership.

Adaptable

Support

Aquapod net pen moorings are custom designed to meet your specific plan and site requirements. Pens can be installed with single or multiple point moorings and as individual pens or in grid formations. Deployment of Aquapod net pens is coordinated to accommodate the available infrastructure. OFT can provide onsite support to manage the installation process. Whether launched from a dock or a remote beach, OFT will help you put an Aquapod in the water when and where you need it. Ocean Farm Technologies has assembled an experienced team of engineering and technical people who know about fish farming. We provide ongoing support to customers regarding feeding systems, installation of nursery nets, species specific habitat, cleaning, harvesting, and environmental monitoring systems for your Aquapod net pens.

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