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NEMEDS exploits an existing network of university and commercial facilities. An example is the flume and fish breeding capabilities at Alden Labs. Another facility is the USGS Conte Fish Center at Turner Falls, MA, designed to provide large flumes to study anadromous fish behavior. With the largest flume in the US, Conte has been used by developers such as Free Flow Power to test large turbines.NEMEDS also provides open-ocean testing. Again, in the spirit of cost-efficiency the UNH Open Ocean Aquaculture Site provides a fully permitted site with 50m of depth, 10 years of wave monitoring and buoy testing, and close access to shore support facilities. In April Neptune Wave Power deployed its wave device at the site and Eddie Mayfield, Neptune?s President, noted, ?UNH provides me the most cost effective way to do ocean test- www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 15Free Flow Power?s turbine aboard Massachusetts Maritime Academy barge being towed to the Muskeget Channel tidal power test site during the summer of 2011.MTR#4 (1-17):MTR Layouts 5/4/2012 3:25 PM Page 15