SBIR Phase II: Development of On-Land, Closed Containment Integrated Multitrophic Sustainable Aquaculture by means of Ecological Diversity.

SBIR 第二阶段：通过生态多样性发展陆上封闭式综合多营养可持续水产养殖。

• 批准号: 1430710
• 负责人: Taylor Pryor
• 金额: $ 65.77万
• 依托单位: Acadia Harvest, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1430710&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Development; Land

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will demonstrate an entirely new approach to farming seafood. To date only a limited amount of marine aquaculture on-land and indoors is carried out anywhere utilizing a technology requiring only saltwater, limited space and our novel zero waste approach,. This approach takes advantage of ecological principle whereby diverse aquatic species ? including fish, sandworms, algae, oysters, seaweed and more ? are cultured together in a cyclic system in a way that allows the waste from one to serve as nutrition for others. Because such facilities are not in the ocean, seafood culture will no longer be restricted by certain naturally ideal habitats, competition for space, strict environmental regulations, occasional pollution and hazardous weather. Indeed, they offer what may be the only technology able to satisfy the ever growing global demand for protein. The inputs required are sunlight for the plants and feed, but even the latter can be cultured either internally or derived from ever-present, external waste streams. The approach is commercially attractive, too, especially when combined with alternative energy sources. Being modular, the first unit can be readily emulated everywhere. The proposed project seeks to break away from dependency on the oceans for seafood production sites and, of course, to do so in a manner that is economically viable. On-land production does offer challenges, many of which are overcome by farming diverse kinds of seafood together, a second break-away that confers health and generates byproduct revenues. To do so requires new farm designs, a grasp of each aquatic crop?s special needs and full understanding of how each interacts beneficially with others within the shared space and seawater. To achieve this so that the first full scale, commercial operation can be undertaken with confidence, it is deemed vital that a pilot plant be operated for not less than two years. Within that period, approximately ten forms of marketable marine plants and animals will be introduced. Health, growth and overall water quality will be carefully monitored. Special attention will be given to purely practical aspects of aquafarm management so that, when commercial, any reasonably capable farmer can manage the operation, guided by a computer model that, along with equipment design, will be a major deliverable of the research in addition to the proposed demonstration. From apparent complexity, simple commercial methods will emerge.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将展示一种全新的海产品养殖方法。到目前为止，只有有限数量的海洋水产养殖在陆地和室内进行任何地方利用技术只需要盐水，有限的空间和我们的新的零废物方法，。这种方法利用了生态学原理，即不同的水生物种？包括鱼类、沙虫、藻类、牡蛎、海藻等？在一个循环系统中被培养在一起，以一种允许一个废物作为其他废物的营养的方式。由于这些设施不在海洋中，海鲜养殖将不再受到某些自然理想栖息地、空间竞争、严格的环境法规、偶尔的污染和危险天气的限制。事实上，它们提供了可能是唯一能够满足全球日益增长的蛋白质需求的技术。所需的投入是植物和饲料的阳光，但即使是后者也可以在内部培养，或来自始终存在的外部废物流。这种方法在商业上也很有吸引力，特别是当与替代能源相结合时。由于是模块化的，第一个单元可以很容易地在任何地方被模仿。 拟议的项目力求摆脱对海洋作为海产食品生产地的依赖，当然，要以经济上可行的方式这样做。陆上生产确实带来了挑战，其中许多挑战都可以通过共同养殖多种海鲜来克服，这是第二次突破，可以带来健康并产生副产品收入。要做到这一点，需要新的农场设计，掌握每一种水生作物？在共享空间和海水中，每个人的特殊需求和充分理解如何与他人进行有益的互动。为了实现这一目标，以便能够有信心地进行第一次全面的商业运作，认为至关重要的是，试点工厂的运作时间不少于两年。在此期间，将引进大约10种可销售的海洋动植物。健康、生长和整体水质将受到仔细监测。将特别关注水产养殖管理的纯实践方面，以便在商业化时，任何有合理能力的农民都可以在计算机模型的指导下管理操作，该模型与设备设计一起沿着，除了拟议的示范外，将是研究的主要成果。从表面上的复杂性中，将出现简单的商业方法。