Oct
11
HDPE platforms used for mussels farming
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Mussel platforms made of high density polyethylene (HDPE) at fish farming operations in the northwest of Spain are boosting shellfish crop yields while offering a more durable and sustainable alternative to traditional units.
These flexible floating HDPE rafts, used in the cultivation of mussels in the sea, are proving more stable and limit losses of the molluscs grown in mesh tubes under the platform by up to 80% in rough weather.
In Spain, the plastic platforms produced by Galician company Técnica de Envases Pesqueros (TEPSA) with PE resin supplied by the Spanish polymer producer Repsol, were demonstrated recently at the port of Freixo in Galicia.
TEPSA, based at Muras in Spain’s Lugo province, specialises in moulding PE packaging, pallets and aquaculture products for the fishing industry. It is part of Spain’s Plásticos Ferro plastics pipe processing group based in La Coruña, Galicia.
Plastics mussel platforms are being used to replace traditional wooden rafts used in the fish farming business. The new units are also light, simple and quick to assemble, have a longer life, are recyclable and offer safer working conditions with a non slip surface, according to the producers.
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