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Aquaculture model

The model calculates potential benefits of three subsectors of aquaculture in the Estonian marine areas: fish, algal and shellfish farming. Fish farming is based on an offshore solution that produces rainbow trout in cages with a capacity of approximately 5,000 tons per cage. The model imposes two prerequisites for fish farming: a sea depth of at least 50 m and an ice-free rate of at least 95%. Algal farming is based on a solution that the red alga Furcellaria lumbricalis is cultivated in the sea. The farm consists of algal enclosures (paddocks) anchored in the sea. Algae are harvested from these enclosures. A mussel farm consists of submerged fuzzy ropes or trawl nets anchored in the sea. Such substrate would create an artificial settlement substrate for blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) or zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). The main product would be chicken feed.

Transport model

The model of calculates separately the revenues of companies and the state from the transportation of goods and passengers in the Estonian marine areas.

Reed model

The model of the potential economic benefit of the reed of the Estonian marine area only takes into account the reeds remaining in the sea area according to the basic map, excluding the reed covering the mainland (which forms the majority of the area). The modeling of reed bed biomass productivity and its financial returns is based on a business plan, where dry reed is collected as building material during the winter. The model does not take into account nature conservation restrictions on reed harvesting.

Fisheries model

The model includes inshore fishing and trawling and calculates the economic benefits of fishing for both the entrepreneur and the state in the Estonian marine areas.

Energy model

The model calculates a potential entrepreneurial income from windfarms as well as government revenue of wind farms for every square kilometer of the Estonian marine areas. To modify the parameters related to the transmission network costs, the 'auxiliary model of cabelling' (’abimudel_kaabel’) may be run beforehand if desired.

Socio-economic model

The Estonian coastal recreation benefit model has three components: cultural, economic and socio-economic. Unlike other economic model tools, this model does not calculate monetary values but recreational values on a 0-100 point scale.

The outputs of the model should be tackled ONLY as a discussion platform, NOT as a final result due to the limitation of knowledge or data availability that may increase uncertainty of the model output
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