Marine Farm Project

Research on aquatic macrophytes as producers of biomass has been undertaken at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on the east coast and on the west coast by a group of collaborators in a joint effort known as the Marine Biomass Project. Studies at WHOI have focused on estuarine and coastal situations with some attention recently to freshwater plants. The Marine Farm Project has primarily been concerned with oceanic biomass production. 

The first major activity undertaken by the Marine Farm Project involved studies of Macrocystis transplants moored on artificial structures in oceanic environments. The largest of three such experiments consisted of a three-hectare structure designed and installed by the Naval Undersea Center off San Clemente Island, about 100 km from the mainland. The structure consisted of a grid or network of ropes, deployed 15 to 20 m beneath the sea surface by a system of cables, buoys, and anchors ( ). Overall water depth ranged from about 70 to 150 m. Approximately 130 adult Macrocystis transplants were relocated onto the grid during summer and fall. 1974. The source of transplants was a nearby kelp bed at San Clemente Island which... 

The authors would like to thank the AVS Marine Research fund for financial support to the project Processing and quality control of farmed cod (Project number R026-06) and HraSfiystihusid Gunnvor (HG) cod fanning company for provision of facilities and raw... 

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