Artificial Reef Creation
WHY CREATE ARTIFICIAL REEFS?
Fish need a home, and a home means a place to eat and rest. The coastal region of Mississippi consists of a flat, featureless plain made up of soft bottom and very little rough, irregular habitat that obligate reef fish species such as snapper, grouper, and triggerfish prefer to call home. Artificial reef structures provide this habitat and also provide habitat for small marine animals such as crabs, shrimps, worms, barnacles, snail, etc. and small marine fishes, which also feed off of the smaller animals. The small animals and fish provide food for the snapper, grouper, and triggerfish and attract larger fish species such as king and Spanish mackerel, jack crevalle, bonito sharks, lemon fish, dolphin and others, which in turn enhance the fishing opportunities for us! Marine biologists from the Research Center call this the food chain.
Commercial Solutions that Restore and Sustain the Ecosystem and Cost Less then the Alternatives
Oil and Gas Platforms
These structures provide hard substrate in areas where the seabed might otherwise be soft sediment, which can support a wide variety of marine life, including fish, corals, and other invertebrates.
Large Ships
Ships can provide new habitats for marine life. The complex structures of ships mimic natural reefs, offering shelter, breeding grounds, and feeding areas for various species of fish, corals, and other marine organisms.
Concrete Ruble
Concrete structures can mimic natural reefs, providing homes for various marine species including corals, fish, mollusks, and crustaceans. This can be particularly beneficial in areas where natural reefs are degraded or absent.
Decommissioning an Oil & Gas Offshore Platform? We Have The Solution
We develop environmentally sound solutions to convert offshore platforms into sanctuaries that will protect, sustain, and promote the biodiversity needed for healthy aquatic ecosystems
In recent years, the problem of decommissioning and recycling offshore platforms has become an increasingly complex issue for environmental, socio-economic and safety reasons. The decommissioning or sustainable conversion of offshore platforms in the broader context of the circular economy will lead to the acquisition of new technologies and increasingly change values and behaviours towards sustainability in line with new business models. It will also be a complex process as it will require new skills, transformative technologies and the ability to engage all stakeholders. The objective of this study are the Multi-Use Platforms at Sea (MUPS), which represents an interesting solution for the creation of marine areas where different economic and recreational activities can be launched and developed according to the needs of environmental protection (e.g. renewable energies, shellfish farming, decarbonization plants, tourism and recreation).The main research question was the following: "What is the sustainable and circular business model in the literature that can be best used to support the transformation and/or decommissioning of oil platforms?" In addition, "How can the above business model be applied to the case of a platform considering social and environmental impacts?" In the first phase, the research activity focused on a thorough review of the literature on offshore platform decommissioning and sustainable and circular business models. This allowed us to access the Sustainable Circular Business Model Canvas (SCBMC), a conceptual tool that presents a holistic view of the different multi-purpose management options and their social and environmental impacts. This tool could help oil and gas operators (and related industries) address platform mining issues. The methodology adopted was a qualitative analysis. To test the SCBMC, an empirical study was conducted with semi-structured questionnaires given to several stakeholders (including experts, professionals and academics) in the international decommissioning industry. In addition, broader desk research on global offshore case studies was conducted using information sources and secondary sources.I
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