Hawaii aquaculture company to launch untethered floating undwater fish cages in test
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Hawaii Tribune] by Bret Yager July 28, 2014
A fish farming technology company plans to begin construction of a huge, untethered and highly automated spherical pen for farming yellowfin and bigeye tuna off the Kohala coast.
Hawaii Oceanic Technology Inc. (HOTI) intends to deploy a prototype Oceansphere sometime next year, and contractors are working to finalize the design for the skeleton of the 180-foot wide geodesic sphere, HOTI's CEO Bill Spencer said.
"That depends on how well (the first one) goes," Spencer said. "Our goal is to develop a new, environmentally responsible way to raise tuna in deep waters."..
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