Enscape works with the aquaculture sector to research and understand how to improve efficiency and deliver sustainable outcomes that are environmentally responsible, provide social benefits to communities and are economically viable.  Our work in research years has involved supporting the Scottish Government, Marine Scotland, Zero Waste Scotland, the Crown Estate and the private sector to understand how different sectors (seaweed farming, fish farming, capture fishing) can work with sustainable development principles at the core of this. 

Enscape's economic feasibility study on seaweed farming, for Crown Estate Scotland provides a number of scenarios on different scales of operation, indicating what is needed to establish successful projects, and is available here.

Our socio-economic impact study for Cooke Aquaculture is provided here.  This study, informed by one to one interviews with many individuals across the Orkney islands, describes the positive values, the sustainable livelihoods, that fish farming can bring to so many small, remote communities.

More information on specific projects can be found on our News page.