General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

Studies and Reviews No. 93

Indicators for Sustainable Aquaculture in Mediterranean and Black Sea Countries

Guide for the use of Indicators to Monitor Sustainable Development of Aquaculture

By

Davide Fezzardi , Fabio Massa ,Pablo Avila-Zaragoza , Ferit Rad , Guzel Yucel-Gier , Hayri Deniz ,Mohamed Hadj Ali Salem ,Houssam Auadh Hamza & Skander Ben Salem

Contents

1- Introduction

•   Background
•  Purpose of the guide and application

2- Mediterranean and black sea aquaculture

•  Aquaculture methods and systems
•  Farmed species
•   Main challenges for the aquaculture sector

3- What is Sustainability?

• The dimensions of sustainability and the establishment of a system of indicators
•  Why sustainability?

4- Indicators for Sustainable Aquaculture

•  Definition and use of indicators in aquaculture
•   Indicators for assessing and monitoring aquaculture development
•  Level of applicability of indicators
•  Principles-criteria-indicators (PCCI) approach
•  Presentation of indicators through methodology sheets

5- Selection and use of Sustainable Aquaculture Indicators

• General considerations on the process of selection of Indicators
• Step 1: Scope and objectives of Indicators
• Step 2: Pre-selection of Indicators
• Step 3: Indicators assessment and definition of quantitative reference framework
•  Step 4: Adoption and use of Indicators
• Indicators and traffic-light approach to display monitoring and assessment of aquaculture
• The use of radar charts
• Step5: Evaluation of indicators and revision

6- Other Use of Indicators

• Codes of conduct, codes of practice and better Management practices

•   Aquaculture legislation
•   Aquaculture certification

7- Bibliographic References

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Prep / Ayman Ashry
REV / Asmaa Ahmed

Manage / Zeinab Osman