Dr. Paddy Gargan:

I do not know whether the industry in Norway, for example, will all be land-based several decades from now but I presume there will still be some farming at sea. From our point of view, we have seen impacts over the past 25 years, even in the small-scale industry in this country. We are keen to ensure that any future operations are sustainable, meaning they should start small and prove themselves to be sustainable and not to have an impact. However, we also see an opportunity for land-based projects because there will be no effluent, escapes or, I hope, sea lice and the projects could be very sustainable. We argue that if the industry in this country is looking forward and given that production here is relatively small, perhaps the policy should be to focus more on land-based industry and have some initiatives to investigate the development of a fish farming on land.