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December 2008

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Statistics

GISFish visitors: GISFish visitors: The total number of visits to the publications section of GISFish in the last six months totals 114,266 and the overall number of publications downloads from GISFish have been over 13,457. GISFish Members: To date, there are 191 members from 61 different countries. African Water Resource Database: now available on the internet or upon request to FAO/FIMA in a set of two DVD's or ten CD-ROMs. From 1 May 2008 to date, 214 different datasets have been downloaded from the AWRD archive. The total number of downloads from around the world have been 5,922. The top ten datasets downloaded are: Major Soils for Africa - FAO 1:5 Million Scale Soils Derived Consolidated VMap0 River-Surface Waterbody Network VMap0 Major Road Library Reference GLC-2000 Based 1 km Global Land Cover - Africa HYDRO-1 Kilometer Watershed Model HYDRO-1 Kilometer Flow Drainage Network GEOnet Gazetteer Database SRTM River-Surface Water Bodies 2.5d Colored ETopo5 Terrain/Bathymetry WRI Major Watersheds of the World Delineation Top two Referenced URLs from 1 May 2008 to date: Geographical information systems and remote sensing in inland fisheries and aquaculture; and RAT (Radar Tools) For more details on statistics of the GISFish Web site see “site statistics” (Requires login).

New issue: Aquaculture and Marine Fisheries

Fourth International Symposium on GIS/Spatial analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences:  One of the main outcomes from this symposium (i.e. from a GIS perspective) was the recognition that there are many issues and technological developments that are common for both aquaculture and marine fisheries that can support both the implementation of Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture and the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries . Addressing and taking advantage of common issues and technological developments (not to mention data needs that are in common) makes possible efficiencies (i.e. reduced costs) in data collection, data processing, spatial analyses and training on all of these.

Forthcoming events

3rd GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium Coastal GeoTools 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment AfricaGIS 2009

Recently added content

Publications

GIS-based multi-criteria evaluation models for identifying suitable sites for Japanese scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) aquaculture in Funka Bay, southwestern Hokkaido, Japan Recommendation Domains for Pond Aquaculture Virtual Ocean - A New Data Visualisation Tool Species Distribution Grids from SEDAC Website The First Global Land Cover Map and Data Set POSTEL (freely downloadable land and water data at global and regional scales)

Abstracts from the Fourth International Symposium on GIS/Spatial analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences

A review of the status of GIS, remote sensing and mapping in addressing the principles, objectives and practices of the ecosystem approach to aquaculture Spatial Decision Support in Aquaculture: The role of Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Information System for the Request of Exploitation Permits for Aquaculture in Federal Waters Bodies in Brazil - SINAU Integrating socio-economic data into a spatial framework for aquaculture development Developing a GIS-based decision support tool for identifying potential freshwater aquaculture sites The Use of Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Evaluation of Land Based Fresh Water Fish Farming Potentials in Nigeria Spatial modelling for freshwater cage location in the Presa Adolfo Lopez Mateos (El Infiernillo), Michoacán, Mexico GIS and remote sensing supported aquaculture potential assessment for the lower stretch of the SÃO JOÃO River - RJ, Brazil The potential for open ocean aquaculture in Exclusive Economic Zones from global and national perspectives Integration of remote sensing and GIS for identification of suitable areas for Japanese scallop aquaculture in Funka Bay, southwestern Hokkaido, Japan An agro-ecosystems approach to aquaculture and inland fisheries: fish out of the water? Spatial analysis for poverty targeted aquaculture development: what works and what doesn’t? Integrated coastal zone management: use of Geographical Information Systems as a tool for characterization of sea shrimp farm areas in southern Brazil Climate Change and Aquaculture in Hordaland, Norway Cross-section of fish-breeding and fee-fishing systems in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The use of the SIG in the aquaculture mapping and research of the Cocanha Island, São Paulo State, Brazil Using GIS and Stream Gradient to Predict Fish Species Distribution and Composition in the Upper Rio Grande Basin Assessing patterns of juvenile Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) occupancy: A stream network perspective

New case study

Development of programmatic EIAs and monitoring programs for clusters of small scale cage farmers The Philippines - a case study

Training opportunities

Freeware for GIS and Remote Sensing

New partners

EBM Tools Network

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