Mobile fish farms could soon navigate the oceans

[ViridianGym]

why dont they put the generater in a water proof thing and equipet it with the cage ?

[dubldeka]

The daily faecal matter of one passing whale is a thousand times greater than anything those fish can produce.

If they kept it in one spot long enough a host of life forms will appear to feast on the plankton and micro life that is feeding on the fish poo

[CHICKENMAN1313]

GET A NEW NARRATOR...

SHE'S HORRIBLE...

"LIKE THE FISH TRAVEL 3 METERS A SECONDDD...LIKE THEN THEY FLOAT AWAY,,,,LIKE OHH MY GOD....LIKE A PROPELOR

[tnguyen318]

i think breeding roes (fish eggs) in a clean spacious environment and then setting them free in the open ocean is not a bad idea either. Because there is a concern for sanitation when it comes to fish farming in a small environment which can cause diseases. The propeller idea is not bad.

[GFS05np]

must piss the sharks off , wave around unreachable food. those in a cage enjoy a postponed death date. lol. good idea. also look at urban fish filtered farm.

[dwiggs77]

@GFS05np those fish are cobia

[RoghaAnLae]

why don't we let go of the need to farm fucking everything by trying to take into account the basic fact that we are not and never can be in control of the entire fecking planet and everything on it!

[crash0510]

retarded scientists... Well if you need a boat in order to power the propelers.. Well, why don't they tow it with the boat, thus saving the money for the propelers and a power generator.. scientists?

[walter0bz]

the thrust is aligned with the mass, "retard" :)

[judopoppy]

a few reasons i can think of, (*not slagging or trolling or flaming*)

the cost of fuel in dragging a net is immense, honestly my family are fishermen.

damage to the fish possibly, and dragging a net you have no control, i.e. rocks or debris on the floor maybe ?

[Mrhulahoop]

@crash0510

The scientists arn't retards, you are the retard. Does it not occur to you that they havn;'t already tried this and it isn't effcient. Don't comment on things that your brain is to small to comprehend.

[Zachstar2000]

@crash0510

Nope just you.

The propellers give it control and allow it to use the current to its advantage not pulling against the boat.

[tommy407]

@Zachstar2000 How stupid are you? It just said that the propellers propel the cage if it drifts too far.

[OsbornTramain]

@crash0510 doing it robotically, reduces risks of human life lost in accidents at sea. It's also cost effective because you can do it remotely and thus not have financial costs of boats and human crews. They can be also moved away from Storms ahead of time before a boat can actually reach it if there's a quick moving storm on the horizon.

[myso2008]

i would like to buy 200 of these, and put them into the Ocean, one of these can maybe hold 5,000 to 25,000 avg fish.

now you can feed and make alot of money with this and rebuild the ocean

this is really the future, i hope we stop farming stright from the ocean its bad

[280az]

farm fish r bad

[dax313xab]

Industrialize the oceans? seems to me that would pushing the envelope a little to far.

There has to be a better way to feed the hungry.

[walter0bz]

population control is the answer

[theinsane102]

never i will not allow such things to exist!!!!1

[michaelalbert]

This is another remarkable step in the progress of deep open ocean aquacultural technology to provide our hngrry world with healthy seafood in a manner than does not damage our oceans nor their stakeholders. Brian O'Hanlon, CEO & Founder of Open Blue Sea Farms, worked with MIT and it was at his facility in Puerto Rico where the tests were conducted.

[thomashm9]

This is great, we can now stop destroying mangroves that protect coastlines for unhealthy fish farms.

[soundman420]

whats wrong with just going out and catching your own fish? we have become so complex we dont have to lift a finger.

[Greenmin5]

its so other species dont become extinct

[icecreamfarts]

wow :D

[noinlair]

Lol. This is awesome - if fish could talk what would the fish on the inside say to the fish outside? :P

[soylentgreenb]

"won't this destroy the ecosystem?"

No.

"why do researchers think humans can play god[?]"

Because nature sucks? Because we're so good at it?

No other animal on Earth has ever been anywhere near as successful as humans are.

[nickmusic12]

define successful but i agree with you

[icecreamfarts]

technically... you'd have to narrow that down to species, because insects SURE AS HELL PWN us in terms of numbers, and they're "animals". and, erm, cockroaches and sharks longevity blah blah blah

guess what i'm tryna say is, is "successful" defined by "ability to deliberately modify the earth to bring about maximum benefits for our own species"? because a more accurate description would actually be "longest period of existence"

[rbwilliams1]

Makes me think of "The Matrix" for fish.

[6down5up]

what is the point in that?

[thoughtwaretv]

This is a way of "growing" fish for feeding the human population. Previously, these fish farms were created near shore. Unfortunately, eventually the surrounding area became contaminated with fish droppings. Thus, this new idea could help us farm fish, on the move.

For more information see videos at Thoughtware (dot) TV

[LiquidFriction]

Uhm, and the point of fish farms in the ocean being?

[soylentgreenb]

"Uhm, and the point of fish farms in the ocean being?"

Isn't it obvious?

Natural fish stocks depend on natural food sources, which are limited. Natural fish stocks consist of whichever fish best survive in nature, not necessarily the fish we'd like to eat. They may also harbour harmful parasites like tapeworm; it's easier to ensure that farmed fish do not.

[jangee44]

Good for the sea floor!

[miragebird]

Well with this, PETA can't say anything about fish cruelty.

[LukaZGD]

again the irritating chick voice ! fuck

[system0system]

i agree!

[Morotugal]

Pmsl, i know what you mean

[enderwigginsx]

definitely crazy.. and yet.. i still got a boner.. grats...

[dehbee]

wow that is soo cool. i was waiting for a possible better solution for farmed fish.

[EIN771]

yea cuz youve not got anything better to do in your life!

[dehbee]

you do realize farmed fish are infested with parasites and swimming in their own filth right? so when you eat farmed fish you not getting clean fish...thus better solution? unless your god and you can help the wild fish population regain its numbers ide like to see you provide a better solution.

[EIN771]

better solution? hehehe urm eat the fish rather than building mobile homes for them. think of how stupid it really is? sure it cleans out the cage naturally and all but the fish dont notice a difference... i think my goldfish is happy where he is!

[dehbee]

okay you didnt even read the main point of my comment. its not about making the fish "happy". its about maintaining CLEAN FOOD since our current system has too many flaws.

[soylentgreenb]

"you do realize farmed fish are infested with parasites and swimming in their own filth right?"

Sea lice and such; but not parasites that attack humans like wild fish(e.g. tape worms).

[leidheiser6]

won't this destroy the ecosystem? why do researchers think humans can play god

[suroj]

why do people still believe in god?

[system0system]

Why are there still religions and growing?

[MassZombicide]

Look up religion as it relates to genetics & remember, even if degrees of the inclination were relatively insignificant at first, such things as religiosity (if not theism itself) have been bred into people over the course of thousands of years through such actions as pogroms e.g. the inquisition and favoritism for people who express such socially preferred/religious/traditiona­l ways of thinking. It's undeniable that these religious acts have had a significant impact on our allelic frequencies

[MassZombicide]

It's called behavioral genetics

htt p://ww w.newscientist. com/article .ns?id=dn7147

Consider the fact that religious people are more prone to hallucination, well they don't call them hallucinations but yuh know

[enderwigginsx]

they arent playing god.. they are still burning diesel to move em...

which means.. they are still dumbass humans.

[system0system]

From MIT

[Greg78X]

Who ever designed those props should be shot... XBNR the Ocean has current and tide that can power a city, but I though they said it was powered buy a diesel engine on a boat that the cage is attached too...  SO the cage drifts off... Bad prop design the boat DRAGS it back

[konikula]

Uf, if only such attention was paid to pigs and other industrially farmed animals. Thats horrible abbys

[singlespies]

fish in a cage - why is that so depressing?

[enderwigginsx]

no different than americans living in america with the government in control.

just waiting for us to get our propellers too!

[mcresearch]

Why not spend the money on protecting the seas from overfishing by large corporations?

[ecyor0]

Uhh... that's what they're doing - if you have sustainable fish farms, you don't need to overfish the oceans

[BigEvan96]

lol that thing probably gets good gas mileage ;-)

[Spongeluv11]

I'm not a vegitarian or anything, but that's so cruel.

Plus.. wouldn't it make more sense to be water/wind powered?

[xbrndnx]

How is it supposed to be water powered? Point at the nearest damn in the ocean please?

[Richona]

yeah, just direct it into the wrong temparate waters and bam, you have a shit load of dead fish in a cage.

[beliable2]

Noooo, the bad narrator!

[teeder444]

lol

[MichaelBradus]

This is an excellent metaphore for the computer simulation that allows us to explore our universe.

[superfisto]

It's like a mobile submarine jail, for fish!

[HotWingDelft]

a runing ball for fish, nice...

[ridingisasport]

okay, THAT is cool.

[Lukemabob]

we pump sewage into the ocean... god forbid there are... FISH FEACEAS IN THERE TOO =0

wait i think somethings wrong :|

[mrjpvoid]

@Lukemabob ya, you are over simplifying the facts

[420floridaboy]

@Lukemabob thats the dumbest thing i ever heard the ocean is full of fish fecies because its full of fish

[jdmramon]

@420floridaboy if one person poops in the woods its ok, 2, 3 peaple also ok 48,000 pooping in the same spot it kills whatever is there causes disease and smells horrible. same concept if a cage is kept in one area you kill it and cause much parasites and disease

[JWnFL]

@Lukemabob I understand you live in the snow 9 months out of the year.. which speaks to your intelligence far more than my pointing it out.. they anchor in shallow water, the fish cages which effects the reef, which effects all the fish on the reef.. which effect the palagic that feed on the reef fish. Stick to sneaking up on Bambi with a high powered scope and living in the snow, coward. it suits the level of your intelligence far better than a warm water bikini type area.

[djangobelgo]

Urban fishfarming in skyscrapers in cities might be more efficient.

[Boondockflyfish]

fish farming is done in response to the destruction of habitat. Here's and idea... stop overfishing and polluting the oceans and costal rivers. Plus, farmed fish taste nasty

[foolioay]

yeah, lets not eat fish. Nevermind the billions of people who depend on the sea for sustenance. Those people should switch to land animals of some sort. But thats not any better is it? It would only destroy habitat of non-food species. Maybe vegetarian? No, that would replace forests and grasslands with enviromentally damaging croplands. lets just have everyone starve. It would be better for the critters and the trees, right?

[protector96]

better yet suck on a damp dish cloth thats what we all have to do now, And hope you can get enough sustenance from that, either that or you die sooner from Escherichia coli rather than starvation

[swyft187]

Balance isn't JUST an idea...

[foolioay]

Balance is overrated. I'm not saying useless, just not as all important as some insist. Mankind comes first, balance or not. we'll just have to sort out the issues as we go. Even the messy ones.

[swyft187]

We are heterotrophic, never forget that.

[skullsamurai]

really good idea to protect seabed. but too expensive

[inthespirit]

Right, so the fish are enclosed in their fish farm, roaming the ocean free as they like... however being in a cage with no care and no external sources of food, what are they gonna eat? and how exactly would we get at these fish when its harvest time? they could be on the other side of the planet by then, though more likely to be dead of starvation.. hmmmm...

[freakytex]

dont thumbs down this coment. this guy is smart and he's right about it too.

[Twist9]

inthespirit, I think you missed the boat on top of the cage. Being that it is a boat and not a buoy it would be built to house human workers who would feed the fish, and maintain the cage. How do they get the fish when it is harvest time? The article states that there is a set course for the cage, it is traveling from one point of embarkation (likely wherever the fry are first introduced into the cage) to a destination (likely a harvesting facility) there are propellers on it for a reason.

[dafttool]

Good way to spread the pollution around. I say that both sarcastically & sincerely. This would help disperse & dilute the fish feces over a larger area, one the oceans might be able to better handle.

[alej469]

That sounds like an awful idea...

[n3wby001]

I am sure you have a better idea...

[DamienZshadow]

That's pretty cool. Aside from saving the marine floor environments, you're also developing a more ethical and animal friendly way of farming. Granted that fish have a memory of 5 minutes, I doubt they'd realize how limited their world is so as far as they're concerned, they're just swimming in the ocean. Very cool and innovative!

[soulhunger1]

Yay, science.

[Gingechilla]

:-)