FAO 1 TEFCIHSHNPEAIRPCIEAERLS $£ Geographic information systems, remote sensing 458 and mapping for the development and management of marine aquaculture Copyrightedmaterial --I TJdfsCbaaeahleobraroevvu,amoee)niiwmrldnsismoagpt,hapn,hhogmtiioewaemntssrnpnoeida:taatgcsrustaheiltsinnramgtdarohertfi-feamctgranaaeieqttnccseuhahatpsgwcol2yaueasct0lnmtoe0tneenr0uimnvrnitetegonoyfponofutfnonpthrersmetosoahtrvfAreeeaftipcrselnrtihaneeeoonvsdurtiaesierqfncjuotkaoasniqrccnmaudoudaelsmlscnmptautooeuln,fnrttdeiuGcf.tIrcoaiSehmr,v.TapmenherTnteieaheniymdlettvosii,habtnoenaecnpltcrRsuakboedeggevelner,iotssdoniwfecunefrsagnoeovrdpnaimrrnpaeaildhsieqmtfsouemtuitaanatccogrpoouyptnla,rdaliti4iikung1etehrgn°itne,osaLnaopspasennitpct.ldfie2ioSe2fcrssiyae,sFatlh7qesiee2ucobur°tanriciecsuhLosuaot,nalrnhstyda.ausetnr2Wavde0a.le.d0zmldC4oMoohrniin(peillCsmnedaose'gnusnt,irdetsithmsnetoauptrsfereeoysrmursitfoiaoe,funtralumtFwsrhaeaoeeeklruesgintdanahalengnrddno Chileoneoftheworld'stopproducersoffarmedsalmon. Copyrightedmaterial Geographic information FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL systems, remote sensing PAPER 458 and mapping for the development and management of marine aquaculture by JamesMcDaidKapetsky Consultant Jos4Aguilar-Manjarrez FisheryResourcesOfficer AquacultureManagementandConservationService FAOFisheriesandAquacultureDepartment FOODANDAGRICULTUREORGANIZATIONOFTHEUNITEDNATIONS Rome,2007 Copyrightedmaterial Thementionoromissionofspecificcompanies,theirproductsorbrandnamesdoesnotimplyany endorsementorjudgementbytheFoodandAgricultureOrganizationoftheunitednations. Tprhoedduecstigdnoatniootnismepmlpyltohyeeedxparnedsstihoenporfeasennytoatpiionnioonfwmhaatetrsioaelvienrtohinstihnefopramrattion oftheFoodandAgricultureOrganizationoftheUnitedNationsconcerningthe legalordevelopmentstatusofanycountry,territory,cityorareaorofitsauthorities, orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries. 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Chief ElectronicPublishingPolicyandSupportBranch CommunicationDivision FAO VialedelleTermediCaracalla,00153Rome,Italy orbye-mailto: [email protected] ©FAO2007 Copyrightedmaterial Hi Preparation ofthis document ThemainpurposeofthisdocumentistopromotetheuseofGeographic InformationSystems(GIS),remotesensingandmappingtoimprovethesustain- abilityofmarineaquaculture.Focusingondevelopingcountries,ouremphasisis onimplementationofGISattheleastcostandtheuseofdatathatarefreelyavail- ableviadownloadfromtheInternet.Ourapproachistodemonstratetheutility andlimitationsofGIS,remotesensingandmappingthroughselectedexamplesof avarietyofapplicationsofthesetools. FATOhiAsqiusaocnueltoufrteheMparnoadguectmsenintaalnodngColinnseeorfvattecihonnicSaelnadcetievitthiaestudnedalesrtwaiktehnsbpyattihael toolstoimprovethesustainabilityofaquacultureandinlandfisheries.Theintended audienceforthispublicationconsistsofprofessionalsinthefisheriessectorat managerialandtechnicallevelsingovernmentservice,ininternationalorganiza- tionDsr.aJn.dMi.nKtahpeeatqsukaycuilstaurfeorimnedurstFrAy.OSeniorFisheryResourcesOfficer. Thie One D7FD-!iGX-rC4oApXy0rightedmaterial iv Abstract GeographicInformationSystems(GIS),remotesensingandmappinghavearole toplayinallgeographicandspatialaspectsofthedevelopmentandmanagementof marineaquaculture.Satellite,airborne,groundandunderseasensorsacquiremuch oftherelateddata,especiallydataontemperature,currentvelocity,waveheight, chlorophyllconcentrationandlandandwateruse.GISisusedtomanipulateand analyzespatialandattributedatafromallsources.Itisalsousedtoproducereports inmap,databaseandtextformattofacilitatedecision-making. TheobjectiveofthisdocumentistoillustratethewaysinwhichGeographic InformationSystems,remotesensingandmappingcanplayaroleinthedevelop- mentandmanagementofmarineaquacultureperseandinrelationtocompet- ingandconflictinguses.Theperspectiveisglobal.Theapproachistoemploy exampleapplicationsthathavebeenaimedatresolvingmanyoftheimportant issuesinmarineaquaculture.Thefocusisonthewaystoolshavebeenemployed fwoercpornosbildeermGsIoSlvFiinsgh,,ntohteoUnNthFeotoodolasnadndAgtreicchunlotluorgeiOersgtahneimzsaetlivoens.(IFnAOth)isInrteegranredt, gatewaytoGIS,remotesensingandmappingasappliedtoaquacultureandinland fisheries,asacomplementaryresourcetothistechnicalpaper. Theunderlyingpurposeistostimulatetheinterestofindividualsinthegov- ernment,industryandeducationalsectorsofmarineaquaculturetomakemore effectiveuseofthesetools.Abriefintroductiontospatialtoolsandtheiruseinthe marinefisheriessectorprecedestheexampleapplications.Themostrecentapplica- tionshavebeenselectedtobeindicativeofthestateoftheart,allowingreadersto maketheirownassessmentsofthebenefitsandlimitationsofuseofthesetoolsin theirowndisciplines.Otherapplicationshavebeenselectedinordertoillustrate theevolutionofthedevelopmentofthetools. ThemainemphasisisonGIS.Remotesensingisviewedasanessentialtoolfor thecaptureofdatasubsequentlytobeincorporatedintoaGISandforrealtime monitoringofenvironmentalconditionsforoperationalmanagementofaquacul- turefacilities.MapsusuallyareoneoftheoutputsofaGIS,butcanbeeffective toolsforspatialcommunicationintheirownright.Thus,examplesofmappingfor aquacultureareincluded. Theapplicationsareorganizedissue-wisealongthemainstreamsofmarineaqua- culture:cultureoffishesincages,cultureofshellfishesandcultureofmarineplants. Boththerecentandhistoricalapplicationsaresummarizedintables.Becausedata availabilityisoneoftheprimeissuesintheuseofspatialtoolsinmarineaquacul- ture,acasestudyisincludedthatillustrateshowfreelydownloadabledatacanbe usedtoestimatemarineaquaculturepotentialandasectionisdevotedtodescribing variouskindsofdata.BecausetheultimatepurposeofGISistoaiddecision-mak- ing,asectionondecisionsupporttoolsisincluded. Finally,wesummarizeourfindingsandreachsomeconclusionsonthestateof theapplicationofGIS,remotesensingandmappingforthedevelopmentandman- agementofmarineaquaculture. KGaepoegtrsakpyh,icJ.iMn.f;orAmgautiiloanr-sMysatnejmasr,rreezm,oJt.esensingandmappingforthedevelopment aFnAdOmaFinsahgereimeesnTtecohfnimcaarlinPeapaeqruaNcoul.tu4r5e8..Rome,FAO.2007.125pp. Copyrightedmaterial Acknowledgements Wewouldliketothankourmanycolleagueswhokindlyprovidedcopiesoftheir papers,articlesandtechnicalreportsforreview.Specialthanksgotoourreviewers formanyvaluablecomments.Theywere,inalphabeticalorder:WilliamArnold, MalcolmBeveridge,WilliamFisher,AlessandroLovatelli,JamesMuir,Oscar Perez,LindsayRoss,PhilipScottandDorisSoto.Also,wewouldliketothank SteveWalkerforhisusefulcontributionstoTable4.3.TinaFarmerandFran^oise Schatto-Terribleproofedthedocumentandsuperviseditspublication.Sylviane BorghesipreparedthecoverandFabioCarocciassistedinitsdesign.Thedocument layoutspecialistwasNadiaPellicciotta. Copyrightedmaterial vi Contents PArbesptarraacttionofthisdocument ikii Acknowledgements v Figures viii Tables x Acronymsandabbreviations xii 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Objectivesandoverview 1 1.2 Theimportanceofmarineaquaculture 3 1.2.1Productionandtrendsinmarineaquacultureinthefisheriessector 3 1.2.2Importantcountriesinmariculture 3 1.2.3Importantgroupsofaquaticspeciesinmariculture 3 11...422...154IDmepvoerltoapnmceentbyanExdclmuasinvaegEecmoennotmiocfZmoanreinaereaaquaculture 43 1.3 Spatialcontextofnearshoreandoffshoreissuesshapingmarine aquaculture 5 1.3.1Nearshoreandoffshorerealms 5 1.3.2Nearshoreandoffshoreissues 2 1.3.3Advancedplanningformarineaquaculture j 1.4 IntroductiontoGeographicInformationSystems,remotesensingand mapping 9 1 Marineaquaculturedevelopmentandmanagementfromaspatial perspective 9 2.GEOGRAPHICINFORMATIONSYSTEMS.REMOTESENSINGAND OVERVIEW JJ 2.1 HistoryofGeographicInformationSystems Tj 2.2 GeographicInformationSystemsinthemarineenvironment ij 2.3 GeographicInformationSystems,remotesensing,andmapping publicationsinthefisheriessector U 2.3.1Reviewsandmanuals 12 2.3.2Symposia,workshopsandtheInternet 14 3-REVIEWOFSELECTEDAPPUGAT1QNS 12 3.1 Mappingapplicationsinmarineaquaculture 12 3.1.1Introductiontomapping 17 3.1.2Mappingaimedatthedevelopmentofaquaculture i§ 3.1.3Mappingforaquaculturepracticeandmanagement 25 3.2 Remotesensingapplicationsinmarineaquaculture 27 3.2.1Overviewofremotesensingapplications 27 3.2.2Remotesensingaimedatthedevelopmentofaquaculture 29 3.2.3Remotesensingforaquaculturepracticeandmanagement 30 VII 3.3 GeographicInformationSystemsapplicationsinmarinequaculture 33 3.3.1IntroductiontoGeographicInformationSystemsapplicationsto marinecages 33 GISaimedatthedevelopmentofmarinecageaquaculture 34 GISforaquaculturepracticeandmanagementofmarinecages 41 GISformultisectoraldevelopmentandmanagementthatincludes marineaquacultureincages 42 3.3.2IntroductiontoGeographicInformationSystemsforshellfish culture 45 GISaimedatthedevelopmentofmarineshellfishaquaculture 45 GISforshellfishaquaculturepracticeandmanagement 49 GISformultisectoraldevelopmentandmanagementthatincludes marineshellfishaquaculture. 59 3.3.3IntroductionofGeographicInformationSystemslorseaweed milttire 65 3.4 Economics,socio-economicsandGIS 65 3.4.1Economicsandcageculture 66 3.4.2Economicsandsocio-economicsofglobalaquaculture 67 4. ESTIMATINGOPENOCEANAQUACULTUREPOTENTIALINEXCLUSIVE ECONOMICZONESWITHREMOTESENSINGANDGIS;ARECONNAISSANCE ZJ 4J Introduction ZJ 4-2 Material-,andmethods ZJ 43 Results ZS AA Discussion 2J 5. DATAAVAILABILITY 2Z 5.1 GeographicInformationSystemsdatawithglobalcoverage 87 5.1.1GeographicinformationSystemsdalacompilations 88 5.1.2Realtimeremotelysenseddataforoperationalmanagement 90 5-2 Nationaldata 2J 6. DECISION-MAKINGANDMODELLINGTOOLSINGIS 23 6J InlmdiidJon 23 62 Classification 23 6.3 Multi-criteriaevaluation 24 6.4 Modelling 95 6.5 Decisionsupporttools 97 7. SUMMARY,DISCUSSIONANDCONCLUSION? 103 7.1 Summary 103 L2 Discussionandconclusions 106 8. GLOSSARY UJ References 115 Copyrightedmaterial 2 viii Figures 11..12 PMarroidcuuclttiuornetprreondduscbtvioennvainrdocnummeunltatinivteheprfoidshuecrtiieosnseicnt2or001499e5x-c2l0u0d4mqChina ?? 1.3 MaricultureproductiontrendsbvI5CAAPqroup 4 1.4 Maricultureproductionin2004andEEZarea(excludinqChina) 4 1.5 Caaetypeslikelytobefoundinsitesofclasses1to4 6 2.1 CateqoriesofchallenqefacinqfisheriesGIS 13 2.2 GlSFishhomepaqe(prototypeversionof17January2007) 16 3.1 PotentialsitesforseafarminqdevelopmentinLampunq 15 3.2 ProposedManaqementAreasfortheaquacultureindustryinthecoastalwatersof theShetlandIsles ?n 33..34a OPrvoeprovsieedwAmMapAs1shownaqamstabackqroundofmarinefarmingconstraints 21 identifieddurmqthestaqe1assessmentprocess 77 3.4b MainandsecondarynaviqationalroutesintheKaiparaHarbour 23 3.5a Siteselectionstudytoidentifypotentialzonesforcoastalaauaculturedevelopment inMalagaprovince.Spam 74 3.5b Individualaquacultureinstallations,aerialphotoqraphandplanviewofportfacility. Malaqaprovince,Spain 24 3.6a OverviewofAvailableAquaGISServicesfromtheHelpPage 26 3.6b AquaGISmapbrowsershowinqaquaculturesites,siteboundariesandcommunities 26 3.6c AquaGISmapbrowsershowinqlayersthatcanbeaccessedintheSouthCoast ReqionalAquacultureGIS 27 36d AquaculturesiteprofileandcorrespondingmaplocationfromAquaGIS 78 3.7 SiteSuitabilityModellinaProcess 28 3.8a fishkills 31 3.8b Paralyticshellfishpoisoninq 31 3.9 Developmentofanalqalbloomin2003 3? 3.10 Wavesuitabilitymapfor(a)SeaStation,(b)OceanSparand(c)Corelsacaqes 36 3.11 Maoonentirereservations 36 3.12a Conceptualstructureofthesuitabilityanalysisforinteorationofmarinefishcaqes withinthetourismindustryinTenerife 38 3.12b Conceptualstructureofthesuitabilityanalysisformarinefishcaqesiteselectionin Tenerife(asahierarchicalstructure)showinqtheweiqhtsassiqnedtothedifferent factorsandsubmodels 40 3.13 Architectureoftheinteqratedmodel 42 314 Contourrasterimageforfishfarmsiteshowinqpredictedfaecalcarbonsettlement tothesediment,usinaGISdispersionmodel,(a)Staticcaqesmodel,(b)movinq caqesmodel 43 3.15 OpenoceanaquacultureintheBayofFundy.Canada 44 3.16 Suitabilityforshrimp,bivalvemolluscsandtroutfarmingacrosstheState ofRiodeJaneiro.Brazil 48 3.17a Methodologicalframeworktoassessoysterculturepossibilitiesonraftsinlaqoons 3.17b FaitnaIlslamaMaprqsahroitwai.nqVeanreezausealcacaonudnttmwqofnoeramrobyresmtahlalner8i0sl%anodfspossiblelocalities{)in 51 southernMacanaoandCochecovering4.1knr 5? 3.18 Lossofdurationofimmersion(in%>foratheoreticalsiltationrateof50 centimetresonoysterleaseqroundsinBancsdeRonceandBourgeois 52 3,19 AnexampleofthedigitizedrenditionoftheMarylandBayBottomSurveyinthe ChoptankRiverregion 56