15AGRITECHCAT4: Lobster Grower 2 - Assessing the technical, economic and environmental potential for a novel candidate aquaculture industry.

该项目的重点是开发商业龙虾水产养殖的三个优先领域：1）现场测试和创新技术解决方案的开发，2）水产经济模型的开发和：3）降低养殖业务的风险。欧洲龙虾是一种高价值物种，供应严重不足，渔业生产能力有限。龙虾养殖业的发展将为脆弱的沿海社区创造财富和就业机会，并有助于解决粮食安全问题。Lobster Grower 2（LG2）是成功的第一阶段项目Lobster Grower 1（LG1）的后续项目，旨在实施现场测试并评估LG1产生的创新，同时开发和测试与锚定系统相关的进一步创新。LG2的一个具体目标是在试点规模龙虾养殖场的基础上开发一种“水产经济”模式。这将基于对试点农场运营的详细技术和经济评估，利用开发的创新方法。这一经济预测工具将使企业家和潜在投资者能够并鼓励他们在降低经济和技术风险的情况下进行商业生产。该项目的一个重要组成部分还将侧重于从产品和系统开发方法中消除与畜牧业相关的主要环境风险，如果不加以解决，将带来进一步的商业风险。因此，该项目还探讨了实际因素，如处理、运输和储存的人体工程学，有无龙虾的运输物流，以及对整个供应链利益相关者的总体实际影响。

This project focuses on developing three priority areas for commercial lobster aquaculture: 1) field testing and development of innovative technical solutions, 2) development of an Aqua-economic model and: 3) de risking of farming operations. The European lobster is a high value species with a significant supply deficit and a limited fisheries production capacity. The development of a lobster aquaculture industry will generate wealth and jobs in vulnerable coastal communities and contribute towards food security issues. Lobster Grower 2 (LG2), a follow on project from the successful first stage project: Lobster Grower one (LG1), aims to implement field tests and evaluate innovations generated in LG1, whilst developing and testing further innovations related to anchoring systems. A specific objective of LG2 will be to develop an 'aqua-economic' model based on operations of a pilot scale lobster farm. This will be based upon a detailed technical and economic evaluation of the pilot farm's operation, utilising the developed innovative approach. This economic predictive tool will enable and encourage entrepreneurs and potential investors to enter into commercial production with a reduced economic and technical risk. A significant component of the project will also focus on de-risking key environmental risks associated with livestock farming from a product and system development approach, which if not addressed would represent further commercial risk. Therefore, the project also explores real-word factors such ergonomics of handling, transportation and storage, transportation logistics with and without lobsters and the overall practical implications for stakeholders throughout the supply chain.