The Faroe Islands are currently industry leaders with respect to farming Atlantic Salmon in locations that experience severe wave action at heights of 4-6 m. The fish farming company Mowi operates a farming site at Sandsvág where Fiskaaling has measured waves, currents and movement of the net cages. In this work, it is identified that wave generated currents pose a serious challenge.
The aim of this project is to develop a numerical model, which is against the numerous
measurements already made at Sandsvág. The project contains three main phases:
A) Verifying lacks in present methodology in modelling the wave-induced currents at Sandsvág
B) Expanding local modelling expertise to deal with the wave-induced currents at Sandsvág
C) Apply obtained expertise to other locations with potential wave-induced current issues