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Responsibility Monday, 15 March 2021 Ilima Loomis
Portability, pollution mitigation and protein creation are just a few of the ways aquaculture is riding the rays
Canadian oyster grower D’Eon Oyster Co. is using a solar-powered barge for processing. Image courtesy of D’Eon Oyster Co.
D’Eon Oyster Co. had a problem. Based in Nova Scotia, Canada, in a brackish-water lake at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, the farm was in an ideal environment for growing oysters, but the area’s extreme tides made it difficult to access the leased areas and transport the oysters back to land for be readied for market. The solution? A floating, solar-powered processin