Safe harbour
The CWG is currently
working to rectify a number of potential
problem areas
genuinely offshore fish farming installations or whether it joins a list of architecturally original but realistically impaired failures that have come before it. Should the planned pilot project suc- ceed, it will surely inspire more companies to seek out further offshore opportunities and open up a myriad of possibilities for aquacultural expansion – be they in Scottish waters or those further afield. In the meantime it’s a ques-
Keeping seals at bay remains an issue
pinniped problem, although it is still, admittedly, early days. Placing sites further offshore
has long been seen as having prime potential for aquaculture expansion, but many of the plans for cages that can function ef- fectively and safely in the open ocean have never progressed beyond computer-generated pipedreams. However, Ocean Farming’s new ‘robo-rig’ has emerged fully-formed from the drawing board and has suppos- edly passed some fairly rigorous tests with flying colours. It will be interesting to see
if this concept helps to spawn an aquacultural revolution and acts as a pioneering design for
tion of ensuring that the present inshore sites are fit for purpose, containment-wise and, thankfully, in Scotland this is an issue that is being addressed by the Contain- ment Working Group (CWG), which is currently working to rectify a number of potential problem areas that have been identified by earlier research projects. The two most important roles
of the group are the devel- opment of an industry-wide Scottish containment standard by 2020 and also to ensure an increased emphasis on training. It is vitally important that these factors – one concentrating on equipment and the other on lessening the possibility of human error – are satisfactorily dealt with before the industry sets its sites on expansion, especially expansion to offshore sites of an even bigger scale. FF
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