Consequently, a clear example of new aquaculture industry development region is located the Basque Country (an autonomous community, located in the north of Spain). Here, the environmental conditions are not suitable for cage farming and a lack of space along the coast is an obstacle. Thus, RAS systems have been presented within the “Strategic Action Plan for Aquaculture Development 2009–2014”, as the main option to develop the fish-farming industry (Gobierno Vasco, 2008). More recently, in 2010, a new RAS facility was opened in the region (within the European Fisheries Funding Programme [EFF]).