Metadata : suitability_AZA_Kephalonia

The module for mapping Allocated Zones to Aquaculture implemented for the Ionian Greek waters from the project partner CORILA (Deliverable 1.8.1). The AZA module implemented a spatially explicit Multi-Criteria methodology in order to define marine areas where the development of aquaculture is prior to other uses. For the analysis, we used as criteria finfish optimal growth, wave height, distance to harbor , fishing effort for small scale and medium scale fishing. The module has been developed and tested for the most important farmed species of the study area: European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Also, constraints such as ports, Natura2000, Posidonia oceanica meadows and cables were collected for the area in order to identify unavailable areas and superimposed to the suitability maps for aquaculture.

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