Because of the need to transfer land-based and coastal aquaculture further offshore in order to increase production, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has completed a global assessment to identify regions where offshore mariculture development would be a good option where land, coast space or freshwater is limited. The assessment also identifies countries that do not yet practice mariculture but have a high potential to do so. Offshore potential is compared for Atlantic salmon, cobia, blue mussels and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA).
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