MATISSE project investigates the adequacy of modern materials for fish cage nets to be used in systems of offshore aquaculture. Those systems provide a variety of advantages and benefits compared to the traditional coastal aquaculture. Nevertheless, the installation and the materialization of such systems is unquestionably a technological challenge, given the hostile environment where they should operate and the innovative dimension of the offshore aquaculture clusters.

Apart from the traditional lab testing for the characterization of modern materials for fish cage nets, MATISSE proceeds a step further, proposing the overall investigation of their appropriateness in realistic conditions. To this end, the research team proposes a complete offshore aquaculture system, together with its mooring system, for installation in the Aegean Sea. In addition, a unique experimental campaign is performed using proper similitude factors of the expected realistic conditions. The main goal of the project is to develop a complete pilot study for the technological guidance of relevant projects of offshore aquaculture which are the future in fish breeding.

The MATISSE consortium comprises the following laboratories/institutions:
 -Laboratory for Floating Structures and Mooring Systems NTUA
 -Shipbuilding Technology Laboratory NTUA
 -Laboratory of Ship & Marine Hydrodynamics NTUA
 -Laboratory for Maritime Transport NTUA
 -Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

Find more at: www.matisse.gr