Site selection and carrying capacity in Mediterranean ... - FAO Sipam

ALLOCATION/
SITING
PRODUCTION
Figure 3 - Legal and regulatory issues of aquaculture in national legislation
- Areas: permitted / forbidden / selected (zoning).
- Interaction with other areas (protected) and activities.
- Regulation and use of the Public Domain
- Regulation and use of water
- Pre-existing rights (riparian, fisheries communities, etc.)
- Site selection: guidelines and criteria
- Licensing process: lease, tenure, concession, authorization and permitting process.
- Carrying/ holding capacity
- Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
- Canon, taxes and financial issues
Systems
- Monoculture / polyculture.
- Environmental product and
process standards.
- Intensive/extensive
- Marine/brackishwater
Source: Own elaboration based on Bermúdez, J (2008: 73) and Duff et al. (2003: 24).
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Marketing
- Dealer license.
- Labelling (origin, etc.)
- Inspection of plans/products
- Barriers to trade
Process
a) Stocking: spat collection; breeding (including GMOs), density imports,
transport.
b) Cultivation and fish health: feeding, disease control, predator control, nonnative
species, protected species interaction.
c) Harvesting: closed seasons, depuration
d) Animal welfare
e) Genetic policies: genetically modified organisms.
Control
a) Limits to production volumes: restrictions, maximums, etc.
b) Seed: wild /hatched seed, import seed.
c) Traceability d) Process and Organic production
e) Periodic environmental reports f) Certification systems
g) Accidental releases h )Economical viability reports
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MONITORING
GOVERNANCE
- Monitoring programs
- Water quality
- Sediments
- Information:
a) to be gathered by producers
b) to be gathered by public administrations
- Compliance, including sanctioning
- Allocation of competencies
- Legal duties/commitments
- Governance and transparency
- Decision-making processes (strategic planning, ICZM)
- Position of aquaculture in the legal framework.
- Education, research and development
- Association and organization