The fouling of marine structures by organisms dramatically increases costs and is a significant consideration for companies managing offshore assets, with fouling increasing risk of erosion and dramatically increasing the costs of decommissioning. 

 

To date this has been addressed though manual or chemical removal, which does not benefit marine environments and is costly to implement.

 

Join PhD student Jessica Gomez-Banderas as she talks about her research which seeks to find natural compounds to prevent marine fouling of immersed structures.