Robotic aquaculture system and methods

An aquaculture system, comprising:

• an aquatic animal containment system configured to be deployed in a body of water and to hold a population of aquatic animals within contained water, the aquatic animal containment system including a fluid-impermeable hull, the fluid-impermeable hull being a closed containment structure configured to be submerged beneath a surface of the body of water and to maintain isolation of the body of water from the contained water, the fluid-impermeable hull including a receptacle;
• and
• a feeding system housed in a mechanical core, the mechanical core configured to be deployed within the receptacle in an arrangement that enables delivery of food from the mechanical core to the population of aquatic animals within the fluid-impermeable hull of the aquatic animal containment system.