Traditional | Copper Alloy |
Serious Biofouling Serious biofouling and organic matter blockage impede the water exchange, resulting a low oxygen content environment for the fish. And fishes are easy to get ill and infected under this condition. | Naturally Bacteriostatic - Healthy Fish Harvest Copper alloy mesh naturally inhibit biofouling, preventing the mesh from organic matter clogging. This increases water flow and oxygen content and reduce fish disease and infection. |
Not Recyclable & Short Replacing Period Traditional polymer fish net would finally end up in local landfills because they are not recyclable. And the surrounding water quality got worse after long time using traditional mesh. Lifespan of traditional fish net is very short especially when they are used in waving offshore aquaculture environments. | Recyclable & Long Service Time Copper alloy fish cage is corrosion resistant and can be used for 5–10 years. It loses little mass over time, and it is 100% recyclable. Retired copper alloy material will be used in the initial product of copper alloy mesh, which reduces CO2 emission. American Soybean Association did a research that the copper alloy material won't pollute surrounding water. |
High Maintenance Cost Divers need to clean and remove the traditional polymer mesh now and then, wasting too much labor, time and money. | Low Maintenance Cost Copper alloy mesh would stay clean and don't need to be removed, which reduce the diver cost and risk, as well as the maintenance costs. |
Weak in Predator Resistance Traditional fish net is easy to be damaged by the outside predators, and fish can easily escape from the net. Farmers are vexatious because they need to protect their fish, but they cannot do harm to the predators. | High Strength to Defend Predators High-strength copper alloy mesh can efficiently resist predators attack (like seals, sea lions and sharks) and fish escape. They even act well when extreme storm come. |