Submersible Offshore Platforms

KZO Sea Farms’ team of engineers and consultants has designed a Submersible Offshore Platform constructed with High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes providing four transformative benefits for offshore mariculture:

1) The buoyant HDPE pipes can be filled with seawater by opening valves submerging the structure for protection from storms and hurricanes. The platform can be raised by removing the seawater by injecting compressed air from scuba tanks.

2) The submersible capability allows the platform to be positioned in ocean depth with optimum cultivation characteristics for producing significantly higher quantity and quality crop yields. Research shows that ocean depth significantly affects abiotic factors of temperature, sunlight, salinity, and nutrients which are critical for survivability and growth.

3) The platform employs cage culture for protecting seaplant crops from losses due to pest predation, epiphyte attachments, and storm shocks. Shellfish are suspended beneath the cages for significantly more productive crop yields with synergistic ecosystem services.

4) The platform provides a transparent system and secure chain of custody that is traceable to the day the marine crop was harvested for quality control and meeting sustainable certification standards.