Aqua-Sphere®
Changing the Way Seafood is Raised 
ABI is on the cusp of revolutionizing technology
for the aquaculture industry with its advanced, patent-pending,
Aqua-Sphere® system. Aqua-Sphere® is an
innovative, floating, semi-rigid containment system
for intensive aquaculture production. The system features
the world’s only jointed, articulating floating
tank. This disruptive technology
was designed to provide an eco-friendly, energy efficient
alternative to self-polluting cages and net pens.
We are changing the way seafood is being raised.
An Evolution in Eco-friendly Production
A few of the many technological innovations of the
Aqua-Sphere® system include:
- Jointed tank technology –
absorbs wave and wind impact
- Solid waste recovery system – sustainable,
non-polluting production
- Energy efficient air-lift pumping system –
cost effective operations
- Uses alternative energy power – Clean and
green
- Patent-pending inter-tank fish transport system
– Stress-free fish transport
- Remote monitoring system – security
- Solar-powered automatic feeding system –
reduces manpower
Aqua-Sphere® is the way seafood will be produced
in the future. Fully integrated and environmentally
compliant, the
Aqua-Sphere® provides an ideal
habitat for production of a wide variety of seafood
products in salt and freshwater, as well as warm and
coldwater.
Aqua-Spheres® will be manufactured
in a variety of sizes to accommodate large scale commercial
production down to small-scale private farming.
Aqua-Sphere® is a complete floating fish production
system whose nucleus is the world’s first jointed
tank. Aqua-Spheres® are
available in a variety of sizes ranging from 30 feet
to 60 feet in diameter, and all components are modular
in design and can be easily assembled on-site. Every
Aqua-Sphere® may be interconnected with patent-pending
flexible pipe corridors which allow fish to be moved
from one tank to another without handling.
This reduces stress, abrasion, disease and mortality
from transport. Each Aqua-Sphere® is connected
to a flexible floating working platform that allows
easy access to all tanks, provides secondary floatation
and storage, and is anchored to the bottom. Primary
floatation of each Aqua-Sphere® is accomplished
through a unique, patent pending, self-regulating,
air injection, floatation system incorporated into
the walls of each tank. The double-walled
construction provides maximum durability and protection.
The Aqua-Sphere® functions as both a nursery
and grow-out production system, eliminating the need
for costly land-based hatchery systems. With net pen
systems that necessitate larger fish for initial stocking,
these land based operation significantly increase
production costs. With Aqua-Sphere®, fish can
now be stocked at significantly smaller sizes, thereby
saving on fingerling, labor, and transportation costs.
Shipping and transportation are simple and cost effective.
Aqua-Sphere’s® modular design, high-impact
polyethylene, and articulating joints, allow for ease
of use in a variety of settings, and with a variety
of fish species. Aqua-Sphere® is manufactured
to withstand environmental stressors without compromising
the efficiency and efficacy of waste collection.
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Aqua-Sphere's® circular design provides
the perfect environment for successful and rapid fish
growth, while creating a natural flow of solids to
the patent pending solid waste removal system. In
this device, waste is automatically concentrated in
preparation for usage. Recycling of wastes can be
through an integrated anaerobic digester, hydroponics,
or pelletization for fertilizers. ABI’s integrated
approach leaves nothing to waste! |
Fish feed voraciously in the clean, well oxygenated water of the Aqua-Sphere® |
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Aqua-Sphere® provides security to the farmer
in a number of ways. The farmer no longer has to be
concerned with tears or holes in netting where fish
escape and predators enter. Aqua-Sphere® can
easily be closed off from the exterior environment
to isolate the fish from adverse environmental situations
for example anoxic conditions due to lake inversion,
toxic algae blooms, for disease treatment, etc.
Second and third generation systems are already in
design for shellfish, flatfish, and seaweed production.
The paradigm shift has begun ! U.S and Canadian legislation
and advisory groups have already started to call for
the elimination of net pens for fish production. Aqua-Sphere®
technology serves as an economically and environmentally
superior alternative to currently available cages
and net pens.
Environmental Necessity Influences Change
Cages and net pens have been around for thousands
of years. A simplistic method of confining fish in
an open body of water, these systems allow waste and
pollutants to readily flow into the environment. They
also attract a host of predators that can stress,
kill, and allow escapement of the crop, as well as
damage the system. Net pens/cages exist in a variety
of different sizes and shapes, with some that float
and others that submerge, however they all have the
same problems.