3.5.1 Aquaculture
The normalised values for the aquaculture sector have been obtained from the
available data of the projects. Two designs include aquaculture activities in their
proposals: TROPOS Aquaculture and Mermaid North Sea (Table 3.3).
Table 3.3 Normalised financial values for aquaculture sector
Parameter
Normalised
value
Reference
Common value
range (ref)
TROPOS Aquaculture
European
seabass
Production 152.1 ton/cage
year
n.a.
In-project
internal data
Price
825 €/ton
n.a.
In-project
internal data
Meagre
Production 152.1 ton/cage
year
n.a.
In-project
internal data
Price
1043 €/ton
n.a.
In-project
internal data
Greater
Amberjack
Production 146 ton/cage
year
n.a.
In-project
internal data
Price
1365 €/ton
n.a.
In-project
internal data
Total
CAPEX
5094.18 €/ton
n.a.
In-project
internal data
1.87–9.41 €/kg
(*)[3–6]
OPEX
7651.71 €/ton
year
n.a.
In-project
internal data
1.74–7.65 €/kg
(*)[3–6]
MERMAID North Sea
Mussel
Production 48,000 ton/year
n.a.
In-project
internal data
Price
940 €/ton
n.a.
In-project
internal data
CAPEX
145.83–229.17
€/ton
[7]
Article data
OPEX
177.08–1187.5
€/ton year
[8]
Article data
Seaweed
Production 80,000 ton/year
[9]
Article data
Price
210–600 €/ton
[8, 10]
Article data
CAPEX
262.50–5000 €/
ton
[8,
10, 11]
Article data
OPEX
587.5–850 €/ton
year
[8,
10, 11]
Article data
(*) Data for different species
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