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Mechanical Scrubber for Aquaculture Netting

Award Information
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Branch: N/A
Contract: 2013-02667
Agency Tracking Number: 2013-02667
Amount: $448,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: 8.7
Solicitation Number: USDA-NIFA-SBIR-004128
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2013
Award Year: 2013
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2615 NE 5TH AVE
Pompano Beach, FL 33064-5415
United States
DUNS: 020557344
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Peter Lindgren
 (954) 943-4243
 longline@gate.net
Business Contact
 Bryan Jordan
Title: Business Manager
Phone: (954) 943-4243
Email: longline@gate.net
Research Institution
 Stub
Abstract

The U.S. is suffering from a $10billion and growing trade offset in fisheries products, with the majority of these products coming from farmed sources abroad. Several limiting factors exist that are inhibiting the growth of aquaculture in developed nations like the U.S., one of which is the efficiency at which farms in developed nations need to operate at to maintain profitability. One of the major expenses in the aquaculture business is the ability of a farmer to keep netting clean on cages. Clean nets promote better water flow, and a healthier stock than fouled nets. Current solutions to the problem are both inefficient and expensive. This project provides a solution to this problem, through a novel, mechanical cleaning approach. The main deliverable in this project will be a scrubbing machine that mechanically removes fouling from netting surfaces in aquaculture applications. Phase I was completed and yielded positive results that will continue into the Phase II effort. A more comprehensive study, with focus on design for manufacturing and refining the Phase I design will be complete. A marketable, final design, ready for Phase III investment and manufacturing, will be complete at the end of Phase II.

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