Verð fasteigna þaðan sem er útsýni yfir laxeldissjókvíar er 3,6 milljón krónum lægra að jafnaði en sambærilegra eigna þar sem ekki sést í kvíar við vesturströnd Skotlands. Þetta eru niðurstöður viðamikillar rannsóknar sem var birt á dögunum í vísindamiðlinum Science Direct.
Sjókvíaeldiskvíar eru ekki aðeins lýti í landslagi heldur fylgir þessum iðnaði mikil umferð báta, ljósmengun frá fóðurprömmum og hávaði. Þetta þarf auðvitað ekkert að koma á óvart.
„The impact of scenic area and marine protected area (MPA) designations on CES values and potential trade-offs with aquaculture, an increasingly important provisioning ecosystem service in the region, were investigated. Results confirmed a eudaemonic well-being value structure of seven factors: engagement and interaction with nature, place identity, therapeutic value, spiritual value, social bonds, memory/transformative value, and challenge and skill. Visibility of, but not proximity to aquaculture negatively influenced housing prices. In contrast, proximity to MPAs and visibility of scenic areas increased property values. …
Distance to aquaculture sites had no statistically significant effect on property values in any of the models, but visibility of aquaculture sites from a property had a negative effect on the property price for Model H1: the visibility of one or more aquaculture sites from the property lowered the property value by £20,032…“