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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