Impacts of Open Pen Freshwater Aquaculture Production on Wild Fisheries

Impacts of Open Pen Freshwater Aquaculture Production on Wild Fisheries. The study described in this report was commissioned by Marine Scotland, against a backdrop of concerns about the possible impacts of freshwater aquaculture on the health of wild sal


Footnotes

1. David Crawley, Chair of the Scottish Mixed Stock Salmon Fisheries Working Group.

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3. Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey Report, 2010. Marine Scotland Science

4. See, for example, Scottish Salmon Producer Organisation Industry Research Report at:
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13. http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/8725

14. See for example:
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116. This is distinct from EBIT after adjustment for remaining biomass in the water and some non-farming issues such as values within contracts, restructuring costs, associated company profits and losses etc. This measure is a compliance requirement and is less relevant to profitability of the farming operation.

117. http://www.oanda.com/currency/average

118. The statistical authority in Norway use 12.5%, see http://www.ssb.no/akvakultur_en/about.html, while anecdotally some processors estimate more and less than this

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129. Pan Fish were at that time separate from Marine Harvest, but merged with Marine Harvest in 2006. The Pan Fish assets in Scotland, a range of sites around Loch Fyne, Mull, Skye and the Outer Hebrides, were then "spun off" from the merged grouping and became Lighthouse Caledonia.

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133. The term river system is inclusive of freshwater lochs and other bodies of standing freshwater

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