Business case for mussel aquaculture in offshore wind farms in the North Sea
| Autor: | M. Poelman, Katrine Soma, D. Pletsas, S.W.K. van den Burg, M. Blanch, Gordon Dalton, Pauline Kamermans |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Regional center Yerseke
0106 biological sciences Economics and Econometrics Aquaculture Management Monitoring Policy and Law Aquatic Science 01 natural sciences Net present value Onderzoeksformatie Mussels 14. Life underwater Business case Offshore wind Green Economy and Landuse Risk assessment General Environmental Science Regiocentrum Yerseke business.industry 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Internal rate of return 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Mussel Fishery Offshore wind power Groene Economie en Ruimte WIAS 040102 fisheries 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science Submarine pipeline business Law Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Marine Policy 85 (2017) Marine Policy, 85, 1-7 |
| ISSN: | 0308-597X |
| Popis: | The European Blue Growth strategy aims to expand the new maritime sectors of aquaculture, energy, biotechnology, coastal tourism and mineral mining. Growth of these sectors will increases pressure on the seas, particularly on those areas that are densely used by traditional sectors such as fisheries and transport. This has triggered interest in developing multiuse of space and multiuse platforms at sea. This paper assesses the feasibility of offshore mussel production project in wind farms by design and ex-ante evaluation of a mussel aquaculture system in the North Sea. A system for mussel cultivation in the Dutch Borssele offshore wind farm was designed, producing both mussel seed and consumption-sized mussels with semi-submerged longlines. Based on the economic model and the risk assessment, this paper concludes that mussel aquaculture is an appealing commercial model for increased returns in offshore wind farms. The economic models shows that the internal rate of return and net present value are positive and based on the sensitivity analysis, it can be concluded that these results are robust. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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