Environmental impacts of brass mesh nets on open ocean aquaculture pens in tropical marine environments

Sclodnick, Tyler K; Sutton, S.R.; Selby, Thomas L.; Dwyer, Robert; Gace, Langley

doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735266

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“…50 Previous studies have reported that brass directly affects marine organisms, which is evidenced by the high levels of impact categories such as freshwater ecotoxicity (FE), freshwater eutrophication (FEut), and marine ecotoxicity (ME). 51 In the operation stage, iron chloride(III) and NaOH contribute the most to the impact share, with approximately 40% of the contribution. According to Patinõ-Ruiz et al, 52 these results can be attributed to the production of chemicals that involve different anthropogenic activities.…”

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“…Although this material is widely used for industrial applications, its use involves high environmental impact, which can be attributed to properties such as corrosion resistance, absence of magnetism, and machinability . Previous studies have reported that brass directly affects marine organisms, which is evidenced by the high levels of impact categories such as freshwater ecotoxicity (FE), freshwater eutrophication (FEut), and marine ecotoxicity (ME) …”

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Life Cycle Assessment of Magnetite Production Using Microfluidic Devices: Moving from the Laboratory to Industrial Scale

Fuentes

Cruz

Mignard

et al. 2023

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

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Magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) have important applications in several industrial and scientific fields for the remediation of contaminated soil and water, for instance. Emerging technologies such as microfluidic techniques have been adapted to continuously synthesize MNPs showing appealing results, such as a narrower size distribution. Therefore, this approach might become important for producing MNPs to meet industrial requirements. In this study, a life cycle assessment (LCA) is conducted to analyze and evaluate the impacts of the synthesis of MNPs performed in microfluidic devices. This LCA considers all of the steps required for MNP production at a laboratory and possible industrial scales. The LCA results showed that the rivets suitable for device inlets and outlets and the chemicals required for the synthesis process have the highest contribution to all impact categories, i.e., 80 and 90%, respectively. These results thus contribute to determining the overall environmental performance of each step during the synthesis of MNPs. The contribution analysis reveals that the manufacturing stage has a contribution of 97% at the lab scale, while the operation stage shows a contribution of 82% at the industrial scale. Finally, a sensitivity analysis is performed to identify the possible scenarios for replacing rivets required to manufacture microfluidic devices.

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Life Cycle Assessment of Magnetite Production Using Microfluidic Devices: Moving from the Laboratory to Industrial Scale

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Cruz

Mignard

et al. 2023

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

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“…Containment nets can range in volume from as small as 200 m 3 to as large as 8,000 m 3 , and mesh sizes start as small as 10 cm to as large as 50 cm stretch. Most recently, copper-alloy netting has been employed as an alternative and promising material for containment netting due to its antifouling and antipredator properties (Sclodnick, Sutton, Selby, Dwyer, & Gace, 2020). In protected waters, the floating components of net pens are often fabricated into square or rectangular shapes, while in more exposed locations, circular designs allow for more structural flexibility in inclement weather.…”

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“…), recent developments in culture technology are helping prevent and manage disease outbreaks. In larval production, self-cleaning tanks and passive-transfers techniques are helping improve the microbial environment; in cage culture, copper-alloy mesh (CAM) is helping control Monogenean parasite infestations; and vaccines have been developed to help juvenile and adult fish combat bacterial infections (Stuart et al, 2015;Lowell, 2012;Sclodnick et al, 2020;Todd Madsen pers. comm.…”

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The status of California yellowtail Seriola dorsalis as a commercially ready species for marine U.S. aquaculture

Rotman

Stuart

Silbernagel

et al. 2021

J World Aquaculture Soc

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California yellowtail (CYT; Seriola dorsalis) is a promising candidate for marine aquaculture in the United States because there is an existing market and cultured Seriola spp. command prices as high as $27.70 per kg for head-on gutted product. Methods for commercial-scale Seriola spp. fingerling production and growout have been refined globally in recent years. Spawning can be accomplished without hormone therapy and adults spawn viable eggs when ambient water temperatures are between 15 and 22 C. Larval culture of CYT includes rotifers and Artemia, with the addition of greenwater. Larval survival to 1 g juveniles (45 days post hatch) is typically high at 30-60%. However, poor swim bladder inflation and skeletal malformations require culling and can reduce this yield substantially. Growout of CYT to market size at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) has been completed on a very limited basis in flow through tanks where it takes 18-24 months to achieve a market weight of 3.5-4.0 kg. While culture of this species is commercially ready from a technical and business perspective, research is still needed to improve swim bladder inflation, reduce deformities, optimize nutrition across all life stages, and assist with disease diagnosis and control. Most notable among bottlenecks to commercialization in the United

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“…Wang et al [16] conducted experiments on the fatigue performance of copper alloy net structures to provide a basis for the assessment of copper alloy net structures' safety. Tyler et al [17] observed chemical parameters in water and sediment from brass net cages installed in Panama and Mexico, revealing that brass nets in the ocean had no impact on either the marine environment or cultured organisms. As mentioned above, the current researches on copper alloy net are mostly focused on anti-fouling, hydrodynamics, etc.…”

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Study on the Corrosion Behavior of D36 Steel Plate and H62 Copper Alloy Net for Marine Aquaculture Facilities in Simulated Seawater

Gao

Gui

Feng

et al. 2023

JMSE

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Marine aquaculture facilities have been working in a high salt and humidity marine environment for a long time, which makes them be inevitably affected by seawater corrosion, especially the main structures such as metal mesh and frame. Therefore, studying the corrosion behavior of net and frame steel is of great significance for the selection of materials and corrosion protection of marine aquaculture facilities. The influence of NaCl concentrations and immersion state on self-corrosion behavior and the influence of layer thickness and overlapping area on galvanic corrosion behavior of H62 copper alloy mesh/D36 steel plate was discussed in this study using weight loss and electrochemical measurements. The tensile tests were conducted to observe the influence of different corrosion conditions on maximum force and tensile strength of the net. The corrosion rate of the two materials increased rapidly with the increase of NaCl concentrations; the corrosion rate of both materials showed the decreasing trend with the extension of time, and the corrosion rate of H62 was always lower than D36 steel. When two materials were coupled, the galvanic corrosion rate would decrease with the increase of the layer thickness and overlapping area. The tensile results were consistent with the corrosion results. When these two materials work together, adding layer thickness or increasing the overlapping area is one of the ways to protect the frame steel to a certain extent.

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Environmental impacts of brass mesh nets on open ocean aquaculture pens in tropical marine environments

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Life Cycle Assessment of Magnetite Production Using Microfluidic Devices: Moving from the Laboratory to Industrial Scale

Life Cycle Assessment of Magnetite Production Using Microfluidic Devices: Moving from the Laboratory to Industrial Scale

The status of California yellowtail Seriola dorsalis as a commercially ready species for marine U.S. aquaculture

Study on the Corrosion Behavior of D36 Steel Plate and H62 Copper Alloy Net for Marine Aquaculture Facilities in Simulated Seawater

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