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Figure 16 - Aquaculture planning: planning: procedures procedures or or guidelines guidelines for for aquaculture aquaculture site site selection
selection.
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Countries with procedures or guidelines (indications indications of actions required or
recommended
recommended) for aquaculture site selection.
Countries without procedures or guidelines for for aquaculture aquaculture site site selection
selection
As mentioned above, according to the information obtained in the survey, survey Lebanon does not
have have legislation legislation concerning concerning aquaculture. There is no mariculture mariculture to to date, and and only only one one license to
occupy maritime areas.
In Italy there are no guidelines at national level, but some regions such as Sicily have developed
their own guidelines at regional gional level.
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In Israel, procedures procedures or or guidelines for for site selection are limited limited to to Mediterranean cage cage farms.
In Cyprus, there are some criteria within within the the policy policy for aquaculture development regarding site
selection. Usually Usually the site is determined determined by the the EIA EIA and the policy for the establishment of any new
farms is that these will not be established in depths less than 40 meters. me Also, for the expansion of
already existing farms, the new facilities that require expansion will be placed in the deeper parts of
the existing facilities. Additionally, there is legislation by other competent authorities requiring, for
example, that no farms farms will will be be sited in bathing areas or where they are are an an obstacle for for marine marine traffic,
traffic,
or close to single point mooring station stations, etc. In any case, the legislation is due to change in order to
allow establishment of aquaculture zones and, and in due time, the necessary criteria will be defined.
In Tunisia, there are no no official standards standards or guidelines guidelines but but the the procedure procedure for for licensing encompasses
encompasses
some criteria in relation to occupation ation of a marine area, such the need to avoid sites supporting
seagrass (Posidonia oceanica), ), sensitive sensitive areas, areas, maritime maritime routes routes and and sheltered sheltered areas areas used by by vessels