Chapter 14
Epilogue—Pathways Towards Sustainable
Ocean Food Production
Bela H. Buck and Richard Langan
Abstract While there is a great deal of global interest in the development of
combined uses of open ocean installations, for commercial scale multi-use platforms for food and energy production and other potential applications, the transition
from concept to reality has yet to come to fruition. While much is known about the
economics, environmental, political and societal effects of individual production
sectors, there are many unknowns and challenges with regard to economics,
engineering, liability and social aspects of multi-use. Mutually agreed upon principles, such as those articulated in the Bremerhaven Declaration, and EU directives
and grant funding opportunities to advance research and development indicate that
progress, although measured, is being made. The development of true
commercial-scale multi-use offshore platforms will require investment in demonstration projects and multi-national cooperation and collaboration across public and
private sectors.
14.1 Introduction
In putting together this volume, we have attempted to capture the various aspects
and complexities of implementing open ocean aquaculture as an additional use of
offshore platforms. As we have stated in our introduction, we see great potential for
B.H. Buck (&)
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
Faculty of Applied Marine Biology, University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven,
An der Karlstadt 8, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
R. Langan
School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire,
Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex, 29 Wentworth Road, Durham,
NH 03854, USA
© 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_14
395
Epilogue—Pathways Towards Sustainable
Ocean Food Production
Bela H. Buck and Richard Langan
Abstract While there is a great deal of global interest in the development of
combined uses of open ocean installations, for commercial scale multi-use platforms for food and energy production and other potential applications, the transition
from concept to reality has yet to come to fruition. While much is known about the
economics, environmental, political and societal effects of individual production
sectors, there are many unknowns and challenges with regard to economics,
engineering, liability and social aspects of multi-use. Mutually agreed upon principles, such as those articulated in the Bremerhaven Declaration, and EU directives
and grant funding opportunities to advance research and development indicate that
progress, although measured, is being made. The development of true
commercial-scale multi-use offshore platforms will require investment in demonstration projects and multi-national cooperation and collaboration across public and
private sectors.
14.1 Introduction
In putting together this volume, we have attempted to capture the various aspects
and complexities of implementing open ocean aquaculture as an additional use of
offshore platforms. As we have stated in our introduction, we see great potential for
B.H. Buck (&)
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
Faculty of Applied Marine Biology, University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven,
An der Karlstadt 8, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
R. Langan
School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire,
Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex, 29 Wentworth Road, Durham,
NH 03854, USA
© 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_14
395