Dr. Cecil Beamish:

We were speaking earlier about the volumes of farmed salmon in the global markets which amounts to approximately 2 million tonnes. Almost all of that is produced exclusively from sea-based rearing. The operators across the industry are private and they choose sea-based production for most of that production. One would have to study the economics of land-based cages. I presume private operators are doing that. If applications come forward for a substantial commercial land-based farm, they will be assessed through the process too. Operators have to make a decision based on the economics of electricity costs, pumping and the rest of the inputs required.