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APPENDIX C
The Principal Installation and Depreciation Costs of a Typical Greek Marine Cage Farm with a Production of 50t Bass/Bream per year

ItemComponent DescriptionUnitQuantityUnit Cost
(Drs)
Total Cost
('000 Drs)
Estimated Working Life
(Years)
Annual Depreciation Cost
(Drs)
 Moorings      
1 Surface chain (new galvanized steel 19mm long link)m 120 2 500 300 7 42 860
2 Surface buoy (new galvanized steel 1 m3 polyurethane foam filledNo. 4 82 000 328 7 46 860
3 Surface-to-anchor mooring chain (good quality 2nd hand 19 mm long link)m 240 1 200 288 7 41 150
4 Mooring anchors (new galvanized 100 kg, e.g., “Samson” or “Bruce” design)No. 8 94 000 752 10 75 200
5 Ancillaries (shackles, rope, navigation lights, etc.)Sum   100 2 50 000
 Cage Collars, etc.      
6 Pregrowth cage (wood/polystyrene/galvanized metal construction, two walkways, to take net of 25 m2 S.A.)No. 10 180 000 1 800 5 360 000
7 Ongrowing cage (as pregrowth, but 4 walkways and to take net of 50 m2 S.A.)No. 10 400 000 4 000 5 800 000
8 Workraft with food and equipment store (wood/polystyrene/galvanised steel 36 m2)No. 2 450 000 900 5 180 000
 Cage Nets      
9 125 m3 (knotless nylon, white 6 mm mesh)No. 10 100 000 1 000 3 334 000
10 125 m3 (knotless nylon, bitumen treated 13 mm mesh)No. 10 60 000 600 3 200 000
11 300 m3 (knotless nylon, bitumen treated 18 mm mesh)No. 15 84 000 1 260 3 420 000
 Feeding System      
12 Automatic feeder (with 12 V vibrator and 50 kg capacity hopper in U.V. resistant PE)No. 25 23 000 575 5 115 000
13 Spinner disc attachment for aboveNo. 25 18 000 450 2 225 000
14 Feeder control unitNo. 3 47 000 141 3 47 000
15 Ancillaries (wiring, batteries, etc.)Sum   100 2 50 000
 TOTAL COST   12 594  2 987 070

Assumptions


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