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| | | Title | GIS tools for integrated management of coastal Aquaculture with special reference to sensitive environments. | | Key Personnel, disciplines, responsibilities and organizational affiliations | - Donna-Claire Hunter: Ph.D. student., Institute of Aquaculture. University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. - Principal Supervisor: Prof. Lindsay Ross: Professor of Aquatic Physiology. Head of GISAP group at the Institute of Aquaculture. - Second Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Telfer: Senior Lecturer and MSc course director at the Institute of Aquaculture. | | Contact person | Donna ClaireHunter | | Contact person's email |  | | Entity responsible for the project | Institute of Aquaculture. University of Stirling. Stirling. Stirlingshire. FK9 4LA. UK | | Web page of the project or of sponsoring institution | | |
| Spatial Tool |  GIS | |
| Aquaculture Issue Addressed | Suitability of site and zoning | |
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| Main Environment | Marine | |
| Culture System | Cages | |
| Organism Division (FAO ISSCAAP) | Aquatic plants | |
| Water System | Bay | | Genera and Species | The Western Isles has an abundance of unique and rare species from sea birds to sea mammals. For example the little tern, a small thrush-sized bird with a black tipped yellow bill, is one of the rarer terns in the UK. Prefering to breed mainly on sandy beaches and currently the Western Isles has a high proportion of the population approximately 120-130 pairs which nest on the cultivated machair of the Uists and Benbecula. Twenty eight species of cetaceans have been reported for this region clearly defining this area as one of the most important in Europe for cetaceans. The area is used by these sensitive species specifically as breeding grounds, nursery areas, migration routes and feeding zones. Any inappropriately sited fish farms could potential have far reaching consequences. | | Target Country | UNITED KINGDOM | | Geographic scope of the project | The islands of Lewis, Harris, North and South Uist, Benbecula and Barra form the Western Isles which are some of the most remote parts of Scotland. The Western Islands has a vast coastline vulnerable to the full blast of the Atlantic. The coastline itself is greatly varied in nature from steep rocky shores and sea cliffs in contrast to sand dune and machair habitats. This vast diversity on the Western Isles has given rise to numerous designated sites of protection under not only national statue but also internationally designated areas. | | Target Audience | DRAFT | | Date of implementation | October 2004 | | Expected date of completion | October 2007 | | Summary | To date, GIS models for aquaculture management have usually had a single focus based on selection of fish farm sites, prediction of wastes, etc. This project seeks to integrate and develop existing approaches and to develop and integrate novel tools for considering all available environmental information in conjunction with the distribution of waste, other aquatic stakeholder uses, anthropogenic and natural inputs, land resources and effects on the marine environment, river systems, visual impacts of the development and area designation (i.e. conservation areas and overlaps with existing area management). All of these factors need to be taken into account when implementing environmental management and investigating carrying capacity. In addition, implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) will require a combined, multi-site approach in consideration of environmental data. Models that enable the integration of all this information will be extremely useful for coastal management and will form a “second generation” environmental management tool for modelling and regulation of fish farming in Europe. This project focuses on further development of models developed by the Institute of Aquaculture, at the University of Stirling using the extensive modelling tools and geographic information capabilities within GIS to build a completely integrated coastal environmental management package. This can then be used for both environmental regulation of whole coast systems in which fish farming occurs and for environmental management of multiple farm systems, taking into account all inputs to the coastal environment which impinge on its carrying capacity. This project is still in its infancy but the main objectives have been defined and an extensive database is under development and is now almost complete. | | Keywords | AQUACULTURE | | | |
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