Coming back to our mid-November trip, during which we will visit aquaculture sites, I was wondering, as you also were, why we could not have sites that are completely enclosed by land rather than sites in the sea. Generally speaking, the possibilities of disease transmission are much worse at sea, and there can be specific problems.
I was thinking, perhaps naively, that if these operations were carried out on dry land, they would cause fewer problems. Have we reached a point that leaves us no other choice but to practise aquaculture at sea? Is there still some research being done about this subject, does someone have an opinion that it could be easier, cheaper and less complicated to do this on land with enclosed pools, rather than in the sea?