Chapter 11
The German Case Study: Pioneer Projects
of Aquaculture-Wind Farm Multi-Uses
Bela H. Buck, Gesche Krause, Bernadette Pogoda, Britta Grote,
Lara Wever, Nils Goseberg, Maximilian F. Schupp,
Arkadiusz Mochtak and Detlef Czybulka
Abstract Most studies on multi-use concepts of aquaculture and wind farms
explored cultivation feasibility of extractive species, such as seaweed or bivalves.
However, recent studies also included the cultivation of crustaceans or fish culture
in the vicinity of wind turbines. Consequently, new approaches combine fed and
extractive species in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) concepts for
offshore multi-use to reduce nutrient output and the overall environmental impact of
aquaculture operations. In this chapter the findings of a series of mussel and oyster
cultivation experiments over several seasons are presented, which were conducted
at different offshore test sites in the German Bight. Sites were selected within future
offshore wind farm areas for an explicit multi-use perspective. Results have
demonstrated successful growth and fitness parameters of these candidates and
B.H. Buck (&) Á B. Pogoda Á B. Grote Á M.F. Schupp
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI),
Marine Aquaculture, Maritime Technologies and ICZM, ZMFE Zentrum Für Maritime
Forschung und Entwicklung, Bussestrasse 27, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
e-mail: Bela.H.Buck@awi.de
B.H. Buck Á B. Pogoda
Faculty of Applied Marine Biology, University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven,
An der Karlstadt 8, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
G. Krause
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI),
Earth System Knowledge Platform (ESKP), Bussestrasse 24, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
G. Krause
SeaKult—Sustainable Futures in the Marine Realm, Sandfahrel 12, 27572 Bremerhaven,
Germany
L. Wever
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
N. Goseberg
Ludwig-Franzius-Institute for Hydraulic, Estuarine and Coastal Engineering,
Leibniz University Hannover, Nienburger Str. 3, 30167 Hannover, Germany
A. Mochtak Á D. Czybulka
University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany
© The Author(s) 2017
B.H. Buck and R. Langan (eds.), Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites
in the Open Ocean, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51159-7_11
253
The German Case Study: Pioneer Projects
of Aquaculture-Wind Farm Multi-Uses
Bela H. Buck, Gesche Krause, Bernadette Pogoda, Britta Grote,
Lara Wever, Nils Goseberg, Maximilian F. Schupp,
Arkadiusz Mochtak and Detlef Czybulka
Abstract Most studies on multi-use concepts of aquaculture and wind farms
explored cultivation feasibility of extractive species, such as seaweed or bivalves.
However, recent studies also included the cultivation of crustaceans or fish culture
in the vicinity of wind turbines. Consequently, new approaches combine fed and
extractive species in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) concepts for
offshore multi-use to reduce nutrient output and the overall environmental impact of
aquaculture operations. In this chapter the findings of a series of mussel and oyster
cultivation experiments over several seasons are presented, which were conducted
at different offshore test sites in the German Bight. Sites were selected within future
offshore wind farm areas for an explicit multi-use perspective. Results have
demonstrated successful growth and fitness parameters of these candidates and
B.H. Buck (&) Á B. Pogoda Á B. Grote Á M.F. Schupp
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI),
Marine Aquaculture, Maritime Technologies and ICZM, ZMFE Zentrum Für Maritime
Forschung und Entwicklung, Bussestrasse 27, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
e-mail: Bela.H.Buck@awi.de
B.H. Buck Á B. Pogoda
Faculty of Applied Marine Biology, University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven,
An der Karlstadt 8, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
G. Krause
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI),
Earth System Knowledge Platform (ESKP), Bussestrasse 24, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
G. Krause
SeaKult—Sustainable Futures in the Marine Realm, Sandfahrel 12, 27572 Bremerhaven,
Germany
L. Wever
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
N. Goseberg
Ludwig-Franzius-Institute for Hydraulic, Estuarine and Coastal Engineering,
Leibniz University Hannover, Nienburger Str. 3, 30167 Hannover, Germany
A. Mochtak Á D. Czybulka
University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany
© The Author(s) 2017
B.H. Buck and R. Langan (eds.), Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites
in the Open Ocean, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51159-7_11
253