Maldives Mariculture Wants to Farm the Lagoon

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The proposed operation combines four marine-farming programmes—sea cucumber, reef fish, seaweed, and giant clam—within lagoon sites organized into production zones by depth. The sea-cucumber model uses hatchery-produced juveniles in fenced pens on lagoon sand flats; the page describes the species as a deposit feeder with no feed cost or waste stream. The operator says outside partners would contribute capital and technical craft while the local venture supplies sites, licensing, crews, and atoll operating knowledge.