Environmental impact assessment and monitoring in aquaculture:requirements, practices, effectiveness and improvements

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Corporate Authors: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Dept. Aquaculture Management and Conservation Service.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Published: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Publisher Address: Rome
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: FAO fisheries and aquaculture technical paper, ; 527
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Carrier Form: xxiii, 57 p.: ; 30 cm. +1 CD-ROM.
Publication Frequency: Also available online.
ISBN: 9789251063347
9251063346
Index Number: X52
CLC: X52
F316.4
Call Number: X52/E616
Contents: Africa; Asia-Pacific; Europe; North America; Latin America
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Includes bibliographical references.
Reviews and synthesis -- Workshop report -- Towards policy guidelines -- Appendices.
This report includes four regional reviews on environmental impact assessment (EIA) and monitoring in aquaculture in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America; a special study on EIA as applied to salmon aquaculture; and a global review and synthesis report which draw on the findings of the review papers, covering relevant information from more than 35 countries. In addition, this document provides the report of a workshop on the subject held at FAO headquarters in Rome in September 2008. The print document includes the contents, abstract, list of contributors, executive summary and the global review; in addition, the regional reviews, workshop report and appendices (over 600 pages in total) are provided in PDF in the accompanying CD-ROM.--Publisher's description.