Journal
MARINE POLICY
Volume 85, Issue -, Pages 1-7Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.08.007
Keywords
Aquaculture; Mussels; Offshore wind; Business case; Risk assessment
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- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [652629]
- H2020 Societal Challenges Programme [652629] Funding Source: H2020 Societal Challenges Programme
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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.
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