Geographic Information System in a Multi-Criteria Tool for Mariculture Site Selection

摘要: The continuous growth in fish consumption and related activities is stressing the fishing industry worldwide. To counteract this, mariculture might represent an opportunity for consumers, marine resource sustainability, as long careful site selection taken into consideration. current study was developed to assess potential sites implementation of fish-cage industries on Azores Archipelago (North Atlantic), through application a multi-criteria approach based geographic information. Descriptors that may have either direct or indirect influences development activity Acores were discriminated factors constraints grouped environmental, socioeconomic, administrative categories. Factors weighted data integrated using information system (GIS) methods. Suitability maps generated total area 17.7 km2 identified suitable Sao Miguel Island, segmented di...