improving cage mooring for aquaculture parks
DESCRIPTION
Improving cage mooring for aquaculture parks. Aquaculture development is vastly growing due to the increasing demand of fish globally. Advancement in aquaculture technology is also evolving. The net-cage system has the potential to be a primary technology in aquaculture. It is consist mainly of floating collar, netting, sinker and mooring lines. The system of mooring lines use are designed to withstand the expected site conditions such as water depth, winds, waves and current. The three most commonly use designs of mooring system are the single mooring points, multiple mooring points and mooring grid. Single or multiple mooring points is use to individually moored cage. Mooring grid, on the other hand, is usually used to moor group of cages.TRANSCRIPT
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Planning and management of aquaculture parks for sustainable development of cage farms in the
Philippines
Regino R. Regpala
www.aqua-park.asia
MOORING DESIGN FOR EXPOSED AREAS
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Mooring Test• Mooring line to water depth ratio
• Mooring blocks relative orientation
• Mooring grid test
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Mooring line to water depth ratio
Variable• n = 2• n = 3• n = 4
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Mooring line to water depth ratio
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Mooring line to water depth ratio
Length of mooring line Drag (kg)
WD X 229.3 ± 0.577
WD X 329.7± 0.577
WD X 431.7± 0.577
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Mooring blocks relative orientation
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Mooring blocks relative orientation
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Mooring blocks relative orientation
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Mooring blocks relative orientation
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Mooring blocks relative orientation
Orientation of mooring blocks
Drag (kg)
side by side 63.7 ± 1.5
next to one 53.0± 1
next to one (1m apart) 56.3± 1.5
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Typical cage mooring
12 m
15 – 20 m
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Mooring trial - scale model
1.2 m
1.5 – 2.0 m
0.275 m
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Mooring trial - scale model
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Mooring trial - scale model
1.2 m
1.5 – 2.0 m
Measure kg of pull needed to move the mooring blocks
Mud on bottom of tank 0.275 m
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Mooring Set-up• Independent
block moorings
• Interlinked block moorings
• Sub-surface mooring grid
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Mooring grid test
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Mooring grid test
Grid Set-up Drag (kg)
independent block 97.3± 2.52
interlinked block 246.0 ± 1.73
interlinked mooring grid 244.0± 1.73
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Conclusion and Recommendations
• Longer mooring leg and sideways geometric orientation of mooring blocks proved to have more significant grip.
2m
concrete blocks
pulley weighing scale
pullPE rope
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Conclusion and Recommendations
• Interlinked mooring blocks could be used in shallow area.
• Sub-surface mooring grid may be used in areas where diving is impossible.
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