When Fish Farms Are Built Along The Coast, Where Does The Waste Go?
Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 17:14
in Earth & Climate
Commercial fish pens are placed in the open waters of oceans and bays with no reliable method of predicting where the waste plume will be carried by winds, currents and tides. This can lead to damage to fragile coastline environments. As state and federal regulators begin to draw up rules for fish pens, a new fluid dynamics modeling system can provide answers.