Tight operational margins and high production costs make optimum maintenance scheduling a priority for profitable aquaculture business.

Our experts have a widely recognised in-depth understanding of seasonal and annual fouling patterns. We use this information to help our clients to schedule maintenance procedures to achieve optimum operational windows and reduce maintenance costs. Applying species specific knowledge of fouling organism settlement and adhesion characteristics, the Centre provides clients with advice on the most effective cleaning techniques for specific components and infrastructure. 

Identifying the key fouling organisms impacting your aquaculture operation will help you to avoid the chance of fouling during critical stages of operation.

Through applying its specialist knowledge of key fouling organisms the Centre for Biofouling and Corrosion helps clients to improve their chance of avoiding fouling during critical stages of operation.

Its experts in taxonomy can quickly identify the key species affecting a client’s business and screen antifouling technologies to help select the most appropriate technology to deter the key species, saving clients time and money. The Centre combines optimum antifouling technology selection with environmental understanding to help clients minimise the impacts of biofouling on their operation.  

The first step in combating costly biofouling issues in aquaculture operations is to identify the problem. Accurate species identification opens the door to biofouling avoidance strategies, optimised asset cleaning and maintenance scheduling, and effective post-harvest cleaning procedures.

For infrastructure owners and operators there is an obligation to be aware of potentially harmful marine organisms residing on equipment and to take appropriate mitigation steps where necessary.  The Centre applies its extensive taxonomic expertise to help its clients rapidly identify key biofouling organisms to ensure that operations are free from harmful marine organisms, resulting in savings to its clients in time and money.