Modular and relocatable aquatic habitat methods and systems for ecological mitigation, organism growth, and water quality enhancement

A method for ecological mitigation, marine life support, habitat relocation, and water quality enhancement, the method comprising:

• cultivating a pre-growth of marine organisms on at least a portion of a habitat module;
• securing a plurality of habitat modules to an aquatic infrastructure using a mounting system, wherein the mounting system creates a gap between each habitat module and the aquatic infrastructure to facilitate water flow and marine organism interaction;
• deploying a deployable unit into the water proximate to the aquatic infrastructure, wherein the deployable unit comprises:
• a support structure, and at least one receiving section configured to removably retain the habitat module;
• a thickness between the outer curved surface, the inner curved surface, a front side of the deployable unit, and a back side of the deployable unit;
• and wherein the thickness varies between an outer curved surface and an inner curved surface such that the thickness continuously decreases from a vertex section towards a terminating end of the deplovable unit;
• detaching at least one habitat module of the plurality of habitat modules from the aquatic infrastructure when the aquatic infrastructure undergoes a maintenance operation;
• relocating the at least one habitat module that was detached to the deployable unit;
• retaining the at least one habitat module in the deployable unit for a duration sufficient to complete the maintenance operation of the aquatic infrastructure;
• removing the at least one habitat module from the deployable unit after completion of the maintenance operation;
• reattaching the at least one habitat module to the aquatic infrastructure using the mounting system.

A modular and relocatable aquatic habitat system for ecological mitigation, marine life support, habitat relocation, and water quality enhancement, the modular and relocatable aquatic habitat system comprising:

• a plurality of habitat modules, each habitat module comprising a pre-growth of marine organisms covering at least a portion of the habitat module;
• and a deployable unit configured to retain the plurality of habitat modules, the deployable unit comprising:
• a plurality of openings extending through the deployable unit from an outer surface to an inner surface;
• wherein each opening defines a walled channel;
• and wherein at least one habitat module of the plurality of habitat modules is received within the walled channel such that the channel walls at least partially surround the at least one habitat module;
• an outer curved surface;
• an inner curved surface;
• and
• a thickness between the outer curved surface and the inner curved surface, wherein said thickness continuously decreases from a vertex section towards a terminating end of the deployable unit.