
The project on “Developing site selection and carrying capacity guidelines for Mediterranean aquaculture within aquaculture appropriate areas” (SHoCMed), was funded with the contribution of the EU Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE).
The objectives of SHoCMed were to: i) produce site selection criteria in order to enhance the integration of aquaculture in coastal zone management through the use of allocated zones for aquaculture (AZA); and ii) to provide a basis for the harmonization of standards, aquaculture policies and legal frameworks across the Mediterranean region to ensure equal terms of competition and minimal environmental impact.
Meetings and Documents
- Report of the Meeting in support of the implementation of AZA for aquaculture development in Albania (Vlore, Albania, 30 October 2015)
- Report of the wrap-up workshop for the SHoCMed project: consolidate practices and lessons learned on allocated zones for aquaculture and site selection (Cattolica, Italy, 27 November 2015)
- Guidelines on a harmonized environmental monitoring programme (EMP) for marine finfish cage farming in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (English)
- Report of the WGSC-SHoCMed Training Workshop on site selection, allocated zones for aquaculture and site management for coastal marine aquaculture (Trabzon, Turkey, 18-21 February 2013)
- Report of the WGSC-SHoCMed Training Workshop on site selection, allocated zones for aquaculture and site management for coastal marine aquaculture (M'Diq, Morocco. 4-7 February 2013)
- Report of the WGSC-SHoCMed Workshop on the definition and environmental monitoring within Allowable Zone of Effect (AZE) (Malaga, Spain, 16-18 November 2011)
- Report of the Environmental Quality Standards for marine fish farms for sustainable aquaculture (St. Georges Bay, Malta, 23-25 November 2010)
- Report of the Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZA) (Seville, Spain, 18-20 October 2010)
Resolution GFCM/36/2012/1 on guidelines on Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZA)
Posters
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