Mobile fish farms could soon navigate the oceans

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A new self-propelled cage could allow fish farms to roam the oceans.

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[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?

[thomashm9]

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

[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.

[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

[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

[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.

[420floridaboy]

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

[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

[dwiggs77]

@GFS05np those fish are cobia

[mrjpvoid]

@Lukemabob ya, you are over simplifying the facts