northeastern region of the study area including Muroran, Abuta and
Toyoura. In these areas, scallops are mostly cultured near to harbor or
settlement.
Twenty-five percent of most suitable (score 8) and 9% of suitable
(scores 6 and 7) model output were matched with existing scallop
aquaculture location. No existing scallop aquaculture locations were
found below score 6 (Table 5). Even though most of the most suitable
model output (score 8) have been utilized for scallop culture location,
still about 11% of most suitable model output available which were
located outside of the existing scallop culture location.