aquaculture indicators final presentation
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Coastal Aquaculture Eco-innovator Indicator System Econoving
Master
•Kevin Ramirez•Javad Mahmoudi•Elodie Gonthier•Marcel Roquette•Maria Stoica•Adrian Carrillo•Serene Hamsho
1) Context
What is aquaculture?The farming of aquatic organisms including fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and aquatic plants. Farming
implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators and others. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated.
Food and Agriculture Organization (1990)
The geographical area covered by the term “coastal” includes the shore land influenced by the sea, the water column and the sea bed extending to edge of the continental edge
(Sorensen and McCreary, 1990).
Therefore the term “coastal aquaculture” ……Covers land-based and water-based brackish and marine aquaculture practices.
(Guidelines for the promotion of environmental management of coastal aquaculture development, U.C.Barg)
1) Context
Coastal aquaculture in New Zeland
1) Context
Context scenario:
Aim of the project:• Help authorities and coastal aquaculture farms to execute an objective
monitoring of their coastal aquaculture activities and technology;
• Measure the eco-innovation knowledge and implementation and their social participation; and finally
• Measure the ecological footprint.
Commitment to
responsible coastal
aquaculture
Producers
Government
authorities
Consumers
Ministry of Agriculture
Percentage of farms adopting eco-innovative
aquaculture protocols
2) Methods: DPSIR
STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENTSTATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
DRIVERS OF COASTAL-CULTURE ACTIVITY AND
ECONOMY
DRIVERS OF COASTAL-CULTURE ACTIVITY AND
ECONOMY
PRESSURESPRESSURES
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS
Adoptation of eco-innovative coastal
aquaculture methods by the
farms
RESPONSES
Environmental integration of
farms
2) Methods: Indicator - system
Percentage of farms adopting eco-innovative aquaculture protocols
Technology and best practices
Eco-innovation knowledge and social
participation
Ecological footprint
Percentages Other units
% of farms using high quality feeds
Tons of high quality feeds used (Tons/year)
% of farms implementing innovative technologies for waste management
Investments in innovative technologies for waste management (Amount /year)
% of farms using agriculture-aquaculture systems
% of farms adopting extensive pond culture systems
Profitability of extensive pond culture systems (Profit/pond system/year)
% of farms adopting integrated Multi-Trophic aquaculture practices
Number of species per trophic level in polyculture aquaculture (Number)
Percentages Other units
% of farms training employees in eco-innovation
Number of employees trained in eco-innovation (Number)
% of recruited workers within the last three years with training in eco-innovation
% of farms participating in exchange platforms on best available techniques and practices
Frequency of exchange on best available techniques and practices (ratio)
% of farms contributing to the development of local communities
Tax contribution of farms to local communities (monetary unit)
% of farms providing effective tools for communication with stakeholders
Time dedicated to communication and engagement with stakeholders (time unit)
Percentages Other units
% of farms adopting an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and monitoring procedure
Number of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and monitoring procedures performed (Number/year)
% of farms adopting mitigation measures post EIA
% of farms with an ISO 14001 certification
Difference of number of ISO 14001 certifications every 3 years (number/3years)
% of farms adopting moderate stocking levels
Density of fish dedicated to stocking levels (weight/volume)
% of farms monitoring the presence of algae (seaweed) as a bio-indicator for water quality evaluation
2) Methods: Indicator - system
Purposes• Aquaculture indicators are used to assess the condition of the environment
in which this practice takes place and how the activity itself can impact the environment.
• The formulated indicator should provide information about the structure, function and composition of the coastal aquaculture system.
Both conventional
and eco-indicators
suffered from the following
problems
Dependency
Vague goals and objectives
lack scientific rigor
2) Methods: Indicator - system
NUSAP Tool for assessing uncertainty and data flaws
Quantitative dimensions: Numeric, Unit, Spread
Qualitative dimensions: Assessment, Pedigree
Advantages and disadvantages
Rigorous and lengthy methodology: relevance for what scale of eco-innovation and systems?
2) Methods: Indicator - system
NUSAPPedigree Matrix In Green: criteria
scoring 3 and +: no immediate action;
In yellow: scores of 1.5 to 2.5 requiring mid-term revision;
In red: scores below 1.5 requiring urgent revision of the indicator’s foundations and/or of the activity measured
2) Methods: Indicator - system
NUSAP Applied to the
TIMER energy model
(Source: Van der Sluijs et al.,
2001)
2) Methods: Indicator - system
• Questionnaire for indicator-system measurement
Includes questions type “Yes/No” and questions providing specific data. The questionnaire has scores for environmental performance and for innovation.
• Questionnaire for collecting feedbacks from the questioned coastal aquaculture farms
Technologies and best practicesDoes your farm use an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture practice?
Score1 No Yes If « yes », please add the number of species per trophic level in polyculture aquaculture:
EES 0 5 …………………………………………IS 0 5
Eco-innovation knowledge and social participationDid your company send employees to eco-innovation training(s) lasting more than 3 days?
Score6 No Yes If « yes », please add the number of employees:EES 0 1 …………………………………………IS 0 2
Ecological footprintDoes your farm have an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and monitoring procedure?
Score11 No Yes If « yes », please add the number EIA/year:EES 0 2 …………………………………………IS 0 1
3) Conclusions
• The aim of “Divising an eco-innovation indicator-system for coastal aquaculture” project is to evaluate the eco-innovation character of the “ adaptation of coastal aquaculture methods” response to issues in coastal aquaculture by using an indicator-system which is “percentage of coastal aquaculture farms adopting eco-innovative protocols”
• Project’s main focus is the development of the indicator-system by
integrating methodical elements components.
• The result of this report is that an indicator-system on eco-innovation evaluation and monitoring is possible in coastal aquaculture. A very useful tool is NUSAP quality model which scans indicators’ pitfalls and uncertainties.
4) Questions
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