AQUAWAVE: Advancing Quality and Understanding of Wave Conditions in new Aquaculture Environments

项目的主要目标是什么？这一知识交流项目的总体目标是利用学术专长帮助英国水产养殖部门做好准备，以应对随着该行业继续向更多暴露地点发展而将遇到的具有挑战性的海浪条件。为什么水产养殖?水产养殖是苏格兰的一个主要产业，提供了11,000多个就业机会，其中许多是在偏远社区，几乎没有其他就业机会。苏格兰的大多数鲑鱼养殖都是在高度隐蔽的地点进行海笼养殖，主要是在西海岸岛屿和入海口周围的海湖和峡湾。其他水产养殖设施（例如：贻贝养殖场和海藻生产）也打算部署在这些庇护区域。随着行业的不断扩大，最佳地点将达到产能，而在这些理想条件下进一步发展的空间将受到限制。如果要考虑更多的暴露地点，则有广泛的可用空间。将水产养殖扩大到这些新地点可能带来一些额外的好处，同时也可能面临更极端条件的挑战。更好地了解波浪条件将有助于行业设计适合这些新站点的基础设施。这将最大限度地减少发生代价高昂且破坏环境的事故的可能性，并有助于该行业以可持续和经济可行的方式发展。现有的波浪评估方法是非常基础的，通常报告的值具有很大的不确定性。这有很大的风险，可能导致：昂贵的过度设计的站点，或不够可靠的海笼。这项工作将实现什么目标？与MOWI苏格兰合作，该项目将为苏格兰西部一个新的、更暴露的地点提供详细的场地评估。该公司将看到先进的波浪模型，并可以使用输出来设计基础设施是现场。在整个部门，海产品生产者将获得一套新的技术，在确定和规划新地点时可以采用这些技术。考虑到长期利益，将为水产养殖业提供工具，以设计新的指导方针，以应对更大和更复杂的波浪。负责编写技术指南的机构将有权访问该项目的产出，希望在未来，该行业将采用这些方法作为标准规划程序的一部分。这项工作包括什么内容？该项目将应用埃克塞特大学开发的现有先进海浪模拟模型，以准确评估和预测苏格兰西海岸复杂地点的海浪状况。这笔资金将用于支持水产养殖业向波涛汹涌的海域扩张。了解和预测波浪状况是一个复杂的问题，对水产养殖将变得越来越重要。这项工作将证明，在新场地的规划过程中，可以实现高质量的波浪建模和不确定性分析。该项目将表明，它将带来巨大的效益，并将增加这些新项目在工程和经济上取得成功的可能性，同时将成本高昂和环境问题失败的可能性降至最低。这项工作将在三个不同的领域进行：-技术工作将采用先进的建模方法，在数据收集活动的支持下，正确评估复杂地点的海浪状况。-与利益相关者的接触将是项目的关键部分，我将询问行业观点，并确定水产养殖场波浪作用带来的挑战，以及改进的数据和研究如何有助于缓解问题。-展望未来，了解下一代水产养殖项目如何从这种知识交流中受益。这将为该行业的未来制定战略和政策。

What is the main project aim?The overall aim of this knowledge exchange project is to use academic expertise to help prepare the UK aquaculture sector for the challenging wave conditions that will be encountered as the industry continues to grow into more exposed sites. Why aquaculture?Aquaculture is a major industry in Scotland supporting over 11,000 jobs many of which are in remote communities with little other employment opportunities. Most salmon aquaculture in Scotland comprises sea cages within highly sheltered locations, mainly contained within the sea lochs and fjords around the islands and inlets of the west coast. Other aquaculture installations (for example: mussel farms and seaweed production) also aim to deploy in these sheltered areas. As the industry continues to expand, the best locations will reach capacity and space will be limited for further development in these ideal conditions. There is extensive space available if more exposed locations are to be considered. Expanding aquaculture into these new locations may present a number of additional benefits along with the likely challenges of the more extreme conditions. A better understanding of the wave conditions will help the industry design the infrastructure that is properly suited to these new sites. This will minimize the chance that costly and environmentally damaging accidents will occur and help the industry grow in a sustainable and economically viable manner. The pre-existing methods for wave assessment are very basic and often report values with large uncertainty. There is a large risk that this could lead to either: expensive overdesigned sites, or insufficiently reliable sea cages.What will this work achieve?Working with MOWI Scotland, this project will provide a detailed site assessment for a new and more exposed location in the west of Scotland. The company will see the advanced wave model and can use the output to design the infrastructure are the site. Across the sector, seafood producers will be provided with a new set of techniques that can be undertaken when scoping and planning new sites.Considering longer-term benefits, the aquaculture industry will be provided with the tools to design new guidance to account for larger and more complex waves. The bodies responsible for writing the technical guidelines will have access to the outputs of this project and it is hoped that in the future, the industry will take these methods on board as part of the standard planning procedures.What will this work involve?The project will apply existing advanced wave simulation models developed by the University of Exeter to accurately assess and predict the wave conditions at complex sites around the west coast of Scotland. This will be used to support the aquaculture industry expand into sites with rougher seas. Understanding and predicting wave conditions is a complex problem and will become increasingly important for aquaculture. This work will demonstrate that top quality wave modelling and uncertainty analysis can be achieved in the planning process for new sites. The project will show that it will be of great benefit and will increase the likelihood of these new projects to be an engineering and economic success while minimizing the likelihood of costly and environmentally problematic failure. The work will take place in three distinct areas:- Technical work will apply advanced modelling methods to correctly assess the wave conditions at complex sites, supported by data collection campaign.- Engagement with stakeholders will for a key part of the project, I will ask for the industry perspective and ascertain what challenges arise from wave action at aquaculture sites, and how improved data and research can assist in mitigating problems.- Look to the future and how next-generation aquaculture projects can benefit from this knowledge exchange. This will look to develop strategies and policy for the future of the industry.