AQUA-MARINE MESH
AQUA-MARINE MESH
Finally a Wire Mesh designed just for growers
Historically
the vinyl clad wire mesh used
for growing was not designed for the aquaculture business. Growers, being
a creative lot, adapted other stuff that was out there to get
the job done.
The three inch square wire is
manufactured for the earth stabilization
business, the open mesh provides a good water flow but at about three square
feet to the pound it's too lightweight for growers needs, the stuff is even on the edge of being
wimpy. Seeing racked and twisted three inch mesh cages on the water is
sadly,the norm. Early replacement on the grants raises amortization expenses.
The one and a half
inch lobster pot wire is strong enough for grow out cages at about two square feet to the pound.
Your problem with the lobster mesh is that the smaller openings foul over quickly
cutting water flow, retarding growth and profits.
We spent a good deal of time
in the summer of 2009 visiting sites and talking with growers in different states about what would be
a better wire mesh design for
our industry.
What came out of these meetings with the growers, Ketcham's, and Riverdale Mills, the AquaMesh® people, is purpose built wire mesh designed just for the the aquaculture. Together, we have designed a four and one half inch square mesh giving you optimum shelf height. The Aqua-Marine Mesh is welded utilizing the heaviest rod stock you've ever seen in our business (think shopping cart), and the Aqua-Marine is hot dip galvanized, epoxy primed, and then vinyl coated to marine standards. The Aqua-Marine weighs in at two square feet to the pound for strength, and using the large diameter steel stock this mesh is more rigid than the flow restrictive lobster trap wire out there now. If you are considering new cages soon you'll want to hold off until you see the new Aqua-Marine Shellfish Mesh.
Call Bob or Myron at (508) 997-4787
