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In this scenario, aquaculture policies and legal frameworks are strategic tools to ensure the sustainable
development of the activity; besides the command and control designs, the institutional framework
governing aquaculture needs to encompass a flexible but solid structure focused on:
- enabling development of aquaculture;
- ensuring the protection of the environment;
- guaranteeing the protection of the consumers;
- anticipating future developments, for example, offshore aquaculture; and
- Integrating aquaculture policy within Integrated Coastal Zone Management.
8.1.2 METHODOLOGY
As a starting point, it should be underlined that the analysis of legal frameworks in aquaculture tends
to be biased by the heterogeneity of the norms and even the concepts used in this field. In this sense, it
is relevant to define some basic concepts regarding aquaculture in the Mediterranean; concepts that, in
the near future, could be used to set standards and common norms for the area. Figure 3 shows the
legal and regulatory issues of aquaculture in national regulations:
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