Submerged Coastal Offshore Mussles Aquaculture System (SCIMAS): A211 Mulitidisciplinary Approach

摘要

This report summarizes the activities and findings during the final period of a211u001etwo year effort to study the grow-out of mussels offshore. The site of the 211u001eexperiment was the 'Buoy Farm' of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 211u001e(WHOI), a charted test area 9.5 nautical miles southwest of Gay Head, Martha's 211u001eVineyard. A submerged longline mooring system was deployed in October 1998, and 211u001ethe growout harness was suspended from the longline in December 1998 and June 211u001e1999. The mooring was retrieved in June 2000, and the project work was completed 211u001eduring the summer of 2000. The year 2 (September 1999 until September 2000) at 211u001esea activities consisted of four visits to the site. The entire harvest yielded 211u001eapproximately 3,000 lbs of mussels. An additional similar amount of mussels fell 211u001eback into the ocean during retrieval operations before the supporting harness 211u001ecould be raised onboard of the service vessel.