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illustrates one approach to the competition for space among coastal fisheries and aquaculture within
the context of an integrated regional plan. Most aquaculture planning focuses on zone A issues.
Different regions of the Mediterranean basin have different amounts and types of aquaculture, as well
as different policy priorities, and these determine key stakeholders and their interactions. Tables 7 and
8 show the region divided into four geographic sectors (North West, North East, South East and South
West) and detail the amount and type of aquaculture and major policy issues and stakeholders.
Governmental stakeholders vary from country to country. Historically, aquaculture is administered by
ministries with jurisdiction over agriculture. Most often, administration is at a national level, although
in several cases, such as Israel, responsibility for administration is devolved to the level of the local
authority or municipality. In Spain and Romania, responsibility for policy formulation and
administration lies with local jurisdictions (Autonomous Communities and Prefects, respectively)
(Chapela-Perez 2009). In a substantial number of countries, there are multiple executive and
administrative bodies involved and a common problem is overlapping interests and responsibilities. In
Turkey, responsibility for aquaculture is split among the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs;
the Ministry of Transport (Marine Department); the Ministry of Health; the Ministry of Forestry; the
Department of Water Works; the Ministry of Treasury and other authorities such as the Ministry of
Tourism, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Commerce and
Trade, and the Ministry, of Finance (FAO 1999). Each body represents a different set of stakeholder
interests and, recently, as the example below illustrates, several longstanding stakeholder disputes
have been resolved to the detriment of the aquaculture sector.
Table 7 - Countries by sector
GEOGRAPHICAL
SECTOR
COUNTRIES
Northwest Spain, France, Italy, Monaco, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania
Northeast Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon
Southeast Israel, Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Libya
Southwest Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
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