COMPANY PROFILE: Aquaculture Solutions provides aquatic system design and installation services to aquaculture enterprises and aquatic researchers worldwide. Mike Hosford, Aquaculture Solutions owner/operator, has been engineering and building aquatic production and life support systems for 18 years. The foundation of this business is close collaboration with clients, ensuring successful technology transfer from the design phase to operation and management. ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR AQUATIC SYSTEM DESIGN: Aquatic life support system engineering and design is a relatively new field. Databases and engineering standards are still being developed. Over the past twelve years, Aquaculture Solutions has tested and documented the performance of a wide variety of aquaculture equipment and archi