Table 1 List and description of offshore aquaculture projects including funding agencies
No. | Project | Funding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Feasibility Study 1 | Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) | Proof of concept for aquaculture operations in offshore wind farms |
• Review of worldwide offshore aquaculture experiences (biology, techniques, multi-use ideas) | |||
• Feasibility study for a combination of aquaculture in offshore wind farms in the North Sea | |||
• Preliminary market analysis | |||
2 | Roter Sand 1 | AWI | Development of offshore-technology and system-design |
• Technical aspects and biological feasibility at the offshore test site Roter Sand | |||
• Development of submersible longline systems and floating ring systems | |||
3 | Offshore-Aquaculture 1 | The Senator for Environment, Construction, Transport and European Affairs (SUBVE); AWI | Potential of blue mussel and sugar kelp culture at all planned offshore wind farm sites in the North Sea |
• Settlement success of mussel larvae | |||
• Growth rates of seaweed and mussels | |||
• Biological and physical site-selection-criteria | |||
4 | Coastal Futures 2, 3 | Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF); AWI | Assessment of multi-use issues of wind farm–mariculture interactions in offshore areas within an integrated coastal zone management approach |
• Aspects of co-management and cooperation between involved actor groups such as wind farmers, fishery groups and public authorities | |||
• Potential schemes for governance and management arrangements | |||
5 | MytiMoney 2 | BMBF; AWI | Assessment of economic potentials for offshore mussel cultivation |
• Calculation of the economic valuation of joint wind farm–mariculture use in offshore locations by taking into consideration market conditions, investment and operating costs | |||
• Development of a model in order to assess different scenarios | |||
6 | MytiFit 1 | SUBVE; AWI | Fitness, settlement success and overall health of offshore cultivated mussels |
• Test of different substrates for the offshore collection of mussel spat | |||
• Analysis of mussel infestations with macro- and microparasites, bacteria and viruses | |||
• Assessment of health and energy situation of mussels using biodiagnostic techniques | |||
• Analysis of mussel growth and shell stability | |||
7 | AquaLast 1 | SUBVE; AWI | Use of offshore wind turbines as anchor points for open ocean longline aquaculture |
• Modelling and calculation of possible loads by currents and wave action | |||
• Evaluation of the hydrological conditions and mechanical loads onto the foundation in a field experiment off Sylt | |||
• Development of a computer program to correctly predict loads for large scale offshore longlines | |||
8 | GIS German Bight 1 | AWI | GIS-based decision support tool for offshore aquaculture development |
• Mapping of all German mariculture sites | |||
• Determination of potential open ocean aquaculture installations in the German Bight | |||
9 | River Jade 2 | SUBVE; AWI | Settlement, fitness and health of nearshore cultivated mussel |
• Nearshore reference site (settlement, growth, mussel health and shell stability) for the MytiFit project | |||
• Part of student education programme | |||
10 | AquaInno 2 | Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWI) | Pond-in-Pond system for nearshore environments • Floating recirculation system • New technology for juvenile fish after smoltification |
11 | Euro-Tour 2 | IMARE; SUBVE; AWI | Fitness and health status of Mytilus along the European Atlantic coast • Site-Selection-Criteria for mussel cultivation in nearshore/offshore areas from southern Portugal to northern Denmark along the Atlantic Coast |