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                     and laboratory services. This includes   •  Certifi cation and technical inspections   Data collection and fi eld work:
                     environmental monitoring, impact and risk     of production facilities  Bathymetry
                     assessments, aquaculture design and                               Accurate knowledge of the depths on site
                     management consultancy, R&D on new   Aquaculture Site Suitability Surveys   is vital to ensure suffi cient depths under
                     aquaculture species as well as a number   The suitability of a site for fi sh farming   the cage nets, to calculate the appropriate
                     of accredited environmental and technical   depends on many environmental and physical   length of mooring lines and to ensure
                     inspections.                     factors which infl uence the design and   that rising mooring lines do not come into
                                                      construction of facilities that enable effi cient   contact with the seabed. Akvaplan-Niva
                     Akvaplan-niva has undertaken 2000 site   and sustainable operation.   uses an echo sounder to determine
                     surveys for aquaculture in Norway, Greece,                        sea bed topography.
                     Turkey, Philippines, Chile as well as the Red   The amount of fi sh that can be produced from
                     Sea.                             an area and the amount of local environmental   Sediment type, quality
                                                      pollution is determined by natural conditions   and benthic-fauna analysis
                     Their staff is experienced with a variety of   such as bottom topography and water   A grab is used to take sediment samples. The
                     marine and fresh-water species from cold and   currents, in combination with the size of   sediments are analysed for organic carbon,
                     warm water regions and provides:  production and type of production system.  nitrogen, grain size, colour, thickness of
                     •  Site surveys, feasibility studies                              organic layer, visual fauna and smell.
                       and master plans               A site suitability survey is carried out to
                     •  Advice on biological, technical and       assess the suitability of the specifi cally   The distribution and abundance of
                       economic aspects of aquaculture   selected site for sustainable fi sh farming   organisms, species diversity and
                     •  Design of hatcheries, production       and for engineering of moorings and cage   community structure are analysed in
                       facilities, and research stations  systems and any environmental or other risks   order to provide a base-line for future
                     •  Management consultancy        there may be at the site.        monitoring of change.

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