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2. DEVELOP TAILORED TOOLS • Characterise existing tools for assessing spatial issues in relation to aquaculture • Support the aquaculture licencing process and facilitate investment by developing and customising spatial planning tools 3. USE GLOBAL CASE STUDIES TO ASSESS AND VALIDATE TOOLS Engage with the relevant stakeholders and local end-users at each of the 16 case study sites to examine the relevance and usefulness of spatial planning tools to address specific issues at particular ecosystem scales 4. SYNTHESISE FOR IMPACT • Compare outcomes of the case studies and the suitability of applying different tools across different scales and environments • Produce an innovative web-based platform to deliver the results of the project tailored to the needs of different user profiles, providing information and operational tools to the industry, planners and the public 5. KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE • Continue building knowledge about key issues in aquaculture planning with stakeholders, managers, industry and society • Develop a Masters-level module on MSP and Aquaculture, and Continued Professional Development (CPD) courses to address gaps in skilled capacity for planning and management of aquaculture • Deliver results through media presentations, newsletters, articles, peer-reviewed journals and an online toolbox Oculus Rift: single user exploration of seascapes (underwater environment) Virtual Landscape Theatre: Stakeholder dialogue and opinion sharing AQUASPACE: Ecosystem Approach to Making Space for Aquaculture Argyll, Scotland Adriatic Sea, Italy Algarve Coast, Portugal Basque Country, Spain Békés County, Hungary Carlingford Lough, Northern Ireland Houtman Abrohlhos Islands, Australia Mediterranean Sea, Multi EEZ Normandy/ Cancale, France German North Sea Norway Sangou Bay, China Zhangzidao, China Long Island Sound, US Great Bay, Piscataqua, US What are the key constraints to aquaculture development? What kind of tools can be used in spatial planning for aquaculture? How can we facilitate the planning process to develop aquaculture sustainably? 1. IDENTIFY INDUSTRY-WIDE ISSUES AND OPTIONS • Determine the ways governance, legal, environmental, economic, social and cultural issues influence the use of space by aquaculture • Prioritise key issues constraining the growth of aquaculture in Europe, in consultation with stakeholders Multi-Sectoral Uses: Perceptions: explore the role of high definition visualisation in forming planning decisions Horizon 2020: Sustainable Food Security: Optimising space availability for European Aquaculture Kenny Black, SAMS, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban PA37 1QA, UK [email protected] The research leading to these results has been undertaken as part of the AquaSpace project (Ecosystem Approach to making Space for Aquaculture, http://aquaspace-h2020.eu) and has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under grant agreement n° 633476. OBJECTIVE: The central goal of the AquaSpace project is to provide increased space of high water quality for aquaculture by adopting the Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture (EAA) using Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) to deliver food security and increased employment opportunities through economic growth. The three pillars of EAA are ecological sustainability, social equity, and harmonisation of multiple uses MSP is strategic, forward-looking planning for regulating, managing and protecting the marine environment, including through allocation of space, that addresses the multiple, cumulative, and potentially conflicting uses of the sea Farm Management Areas (Scotland): coordinate activities through connectivity mapping to reduce and manage risks of disease NARIC MSP tools: planning tools provide a range of techniques to assist the aquaculture licencing process For more information, please visit our website http://aquaspace-h2020.eu or send us an email: [email protected]
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2. DEVELOP TAILORED TOOLS • Characterise existing tools for assessing spatial
issues in relation to aquaculture
• Support the aquaculture licencing process and facilitate investment by developing and customising spatial planning tools
3. USE GLOBAL CASE STUDIES TO ASSESS AND VALIDATE TOOLS Engage with the relevant stakeholders and local end-users at each of the 16 case study sites to examine the relevance and usefulness of spatial planning tools to address specific issues at particular ecosystem scales
4. SYNTHESISE FOR IMPACT • Compare outcomes of the case studies
and the suitability of applying different tools across different scales and environments
• Produce an innovative web-based platform to deliver the results of the project tailored to the needs of different user profiles, providing information and operational tools to the industry, planners and the public
5. KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE • Continue building knowledge about key issues in
aquaculture planning with stakeholders, managers, industry and society
• Develop a Masters-level module on MSP and Aquaculture, and Continued Professional Development (CPD) courses to address gaps in skilled capacity for planning and management of aquaculture
• Deliver results through media presentations, newsletters, articles, peer-reviewed journals and an online toolbox
Oculus Rift: single user exploration of seascapes (underwater environment)
Virtual Landscape Theatre: Stakeholder dialogue and
opinion sharing
AQUASPACE: Ecosystem Approach to Making Space for Aquaculture
Argyll, Scotland
Adriatic Sea, Italy Algarve Coast, Portugal
Basque Country, Spain
Békés County, Hungary
Carlingford Lough, Northern Ireland
Houtman Abrohlhos Islands, Australia
Mediterranean Sea, Multi EEZ
Normandy/ Cancale, France
German North Sea
Norway
Sangou Bay, China
Zhangzidao, China
Long Island Sound, US
Great Bay, Piscataqua, US
What are the key constraints to aquaculture development?
What kind of tools can be used in spatial planning for aquaculture?
How can we facilitate the planning process to develop aquaculture
sustainably?
1. IDENTIFY INDUSTRY-WIDE ISSUES AND OPTIONS
• Determine the ways governance, legal,
environmental, economic, social and cultural issues influence the use of space by aquaculture
• Prioritise key issues constraining the growth of aquaculture in Europe, in consultation with stakeholders
Multi-Sectoral Uses: Perceptions: explore the role of high definition visualisation in forming planning decisions
Horizon 2020: Sustainable Food Security: Optimising space availability for European Aquaculture
Kenny Black, SAMS, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban PA37 1QA, UK [email protected]
The research leading to these results has been undertaken as part of the AquaSpace project (Ecosystem Approach to making Space for Aquaculture, http://aquaspace-h2020.eu) and has received funding from the European Union's
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under grant agreement n° 633476.
OBJECTIVE: The central goal of the AquaSpace project is to provide increased space of high water quality for aquaculture by adopting the Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture (EAA) using Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) to deliver food security and increased employment opportunities through economic growth.
The three pillars of EAA are ecological sustainability, social equity, and harmonisation of multiple uses
MSP is strategic, forward-looking planning for regulating, managing and protecting the
marine environment, including through allocation of space, that addresses the multiple, cumulative, and potentially
conflicting uses of the sea
Farm Management Areas (Scotland): coordinate activities through connectivity mapping to reduce and manage risks of disease
NARIC
MSP tools: planning tools provide a range of techniques to assist the aquaculture licencing process
For more information, please visit our website http://aquaspace-h2020.eu or send us an email: [email protected]
