Expanding mariculture farther offshore
Technical, environmental, spatial and governance challenges

FAO Technical Workshop
22–25 March 2010
Orbetello, Italy

 Workshop report

Annex 1 – Expanding mariculture farther offshore
Annex 2 – Workshop agenda
Annex 3 – List of participants
Annex 4 – Profiles of experts
Annex 5 – Group photograph

  THE FOLLOWING REVIEWS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ACCOMPANYING CD–ROM

A review of opportunities, technical constraints and future needs of offshore mariculture – temperate waters
     John Forster

A review on technical constraints, opportunities and needs to ensure the development of the mariculture sector
worldwide – tropical zone
     Andrew G. Jeffs

Sustainable development of marine aquaculture off-the-coast and offshore – a review of environmental and
ecosystem issues and future needs in temperate zones
     Marianne Holmer

Sustainable development of marine aquaculture off-the-coast and offshore – a review of environmental and
ecosystem issues and future needs in tropical zones
     Dror L. Angel and Dor Edelist

The development of offshore aquaculture: an economic perspective
     Gunnar Knapp

Governance in marine aquaculture: the legal dimension
     David R. Percy, Nathanael Hishamunda and Blaise Kuemlangan

Kona Blue Water Farms case study: permiting, operations, marketing, environmental impact, and impediments
to expansion of global open ocean mariculture
     Neil Anthony Sims

Challenges for developing emerging economies to engage in off-the-coast and offshore aquaculture:
the perspective from a case study
     Adolfo Alvial