Product Description: The objectives of this technical paper are to provide measures of the status and potential for offshore mariculture development from a spatial perspective, which are comprehensive of all maritime nations and comparable among them; to identify nations not yet practicing mariculture that have a high offshore potential for it; and to stimulate interest in detailed assessments of offshore mariculture potential at national levels...read more

Product Description: Marine fisheries around the world remain seriously threatened from fishing overcapacity plus a range of environmental problems. As a result, rising demand for fish products is largely supported from increased aquaculture output. Changes in the sourcing of fish will continue to cause significant spatially variable effects on marine and other aquatic environments...read more

Product Description: This document presents the proceedings of an FAO-sponsored expert workshop held in December 2010. It presents seven global reviews and ten regional reviews on site selection and carrying capacity encompassing inland aquaculture and coastal aquaculture, and a summary of major findings and recommendations...read more

Product Description: Aquaculture growth worldwide involves the expansion of cultivated areas, a higher density of aquaculture installations and farmed individuals, and greater use of feed resources produced outside the immediate culture area. These proceedings present the output of a workshop and include contributed papers on: definitions, principles, scales and management measures, human dimensions, economic implications and legal implications that are relevant for an ecosystem-based management in aquaculture...read more

Product Description: The objective of this document is to illustrate the ways in which Geographical Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing and mapping can play a role in the development and management of marine aquaculture. The perspective is global...read more