Morgan Bennett-Smith
Offshore aquaculture offers a climate change solution, but can farms withstand severe weather events?
Jodi Helmer, Global Seafood Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture
About 45 miles off the coast of China, 3,000 tons of yellow croaker swim in a floating pen that is, when placed on land, 10 stories high. Philip Schreven, founder and co-owner of Pan Ocean Aquaculture, engineered the massive croaker farm to withstand strong storms and crashing waves that are common in the Taiwan Strait, where high wind speeds and wave heights have been recorded, with significant increases noted by researchers over the past three decades.
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