Last month, his Maine-based company, Ocean Farm Technologies Inc., installed a new “AquaPod” steel-and-wire mesh net pen for Snapperfarm Inc. to raise cobia in deep water off Culebra, Puerto Rico, Page told IntraFish.
Snapperfarm owner Brian O’Hanlon says he’s been pleased with the product, which he uses to raise juvenile cobia. “We expect the rigid framing will make it easier to install feed systems and to harvest efficiently,” he said.
The AquaPod’s patent is pending, Page said. The structure is completely submersible and normally is kept at least six meters below the surface.
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