The motive is to develop spatial planning tools to support the ecosystem approach (considering bio-physical and socio-economic factors, suitability of cultured species, scale of operations and farming technologies employed) to aquaculture and fisheries development. But, as a beginner, I would like to know what are the spatial planning tools widely used in these kind of research. Any kind of help is greatly appreciated.
Might help: I develop a assessment based on space-time relations, Embodied land. Its based on thermodynamic and exergy analyses, transferred to a practical approach. Not yet mature but might be of help. see the enclosed report. more at http://www.sustainablebuilding.info/maxergy/
The GIS tool are very important but also you need to have the global picture for understanding what are the other uses and pressures on marine waters. Also it could be interesting to join on the analyse the data and information concerning marine protecting areas, natura 2000 and MSFD
The GIS tools are important for several ecosystem approaches and on of them is to estimate the water quality by image colour of ponds and reservoirs.
Thank you all. However, I would like to know what are the spcific tools or concepts used specifically for ecosystem approach studies. TIA.
The Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture (EAA) is Participatory in nature with multiple objectives interwoven with other sectors and nested with adaptive capability using extended knowledge, incentives and open public participation and transparency as the cohesive force for stakeholders.
Considering spatial scope, it covers the farm, waterbody and the global scale.
EAA starts from site selection through operation and final marketing of products. To ensure that the environment is protected, decision making and modeling tools come in handy. Decision support for expansion and optimization of aquaculture operations can make use of a wide range of models, designed and run in the virtual environment with field mverification as the final step.
Environmental Models
Mass balance equation, which can be used for many different parameters but is most widely used in a water quality context to model nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in and from aquaculture systems.
DEPOMOD: can be used in local-scale assessment of the effects of fish cages on the environment.
Spatial Models
GIS is an important tool in this regard because it organizes, analyses and presents geographical data in a useful and efficient manner via standard data formats.
You can visit:
http://www.ebmtools.org/about_ebm_tools/toolkits.html
This gives you a general look at the EAA tools for Aquaculture and freshwater at the bottom page. You can then navigate to the three websites given there. Particularly, the ECASA toolbox: http://www.ecasatoolbox.org.uk/the-toolbox
There is a list of indicators and models to choose from. However, I would suggest you start by looking at this site: http://www.ecasatoolbox.org.uk/
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