Other Future UsesBarry A. Costa-Pierce, URI Professor and RISG Director

Rhode Island

http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/oceansamp/pdf/samp_approved/900_futureuses_APPROVED.pdf

Table of Contents IntroductionUse for MiningUse for LNG FacilitiesShort Sea ShippingUse for Marine Conservation and Fisheries Enhancement

Use for Enhancing Marine ConservationUse for Enhancing Marine Fisheries

Placement of Artificial ReefsEnhancement of Recreational Fisheries

Biofouling Control by Shellfish HarvestingUse for Aquaculture Developments

Shellfish AquacultureFinfish AquacultureSeaweed AquacultureHarvesting and Culture of Bioactive Compounds

Expansion of Ecotourism and Underwater CemeteriesDevelopment of a Research and Education Center

Drivers

Climate changeRenewable energyMarine spatial planningGreen and knowledge-based economy

Ocean SAMP New Marine Ecosystems

Expansion of renewable energyExpansion of marine transportationExpansion of regional food economyExpansion of recreation/tourismExpansion of knowledge-based economyExpansion of marine conservation/protected areasNew uses

Implementation

Actions

Future Uses

Offshore MiningMuddy

Plume in water

Offshore LNG

Short Sea Shipping

Biodiversity & Fisheries Enhancement

Open

……...……………….Fisheries

Enhancement

BiodiversityEnhancement

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Add Artificial Reefs

Closed

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Upwelling - Nursery Areas

Y. Suenaga

(I) Fouling control of

towersby shellfish

harvests

(iii) Submerged Aquaculture in lease areas(a) on and (b) off bottom

(ii) Use of towersfor aquaculture

Fouling Control by Harvesting Shellfish

JacketBeatrice Wind Farm Demonstration Project

Use of the Towers& Jacket Structures

Mussel longlines off collar of turbine

Use of towers as mooringsfor swing systems

submergedfish cage

manned work station

Use of the Lease Areas

Submerged Shellfish Aquaculture off bottom

On bottom

Submerged Seaweed Aquaculture

Submerged Finfish Aquaculture in Lease Areas

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Expansion of EcotourismExpansion of Ecotourism

Neptune Reef, An Underwater Cemetery

Research & Development SiteIOOSMarine TechnologiesAquacultureMarine Bioactive Products