Snyman-van der Walt, Luanita2017-10-042017-10-042017-06Snyman-van der Walt, L. 2017. National Strategic Environmental Assessment for aquaculture development in South Africa: GIS analysis for identifying optimal areas for marine and freshwater aquaculture development. In: World Aquaculture Conference 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, 26-30 June 2017http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9629World Aquaculture Conference 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, 26-30 June 2017The Department of Environmental Affairs and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries commissioned the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Aquaculture Development in South Africa. The SEA seeks to ultimately produce a Decision Support Framework (DSF) that will provide guidance for site- and activity specific assessment processes, and supply Government with the necessary tools it needs to enable responsible, integrated and streamlined decision-making on aquaculture development. This report provides the approach and results of a strategic areas identification process (Phase 2 of the SEA). The strategic aquaculture areas serve as study areas for specialist investigation and assessment during the Assessment Phase (Phase 3) of the SEA which creates an evidentiary basis for the DSF. The identification of the strategic aquaculture areas for the purposes of the SEA constituted three main stages: 1) variable and threshold identification; 2) a multi-criteria analysis using Geographic Information Systems; and 3) area selection and refinement. Iterative stakeholder engagement formed an integral part of identifying the strategic aquaculture areas. Nine final strategic areas were identified and selected for freshwater aquaculture, whilst eight strategic areas were identified and selected for marine aquaculture (or mariculture). The areas are representative of all the South African provinces.enMarine aquacultureFreshwater aquacultureSouth African aquaculture developmentGeographic Information SystemGISConference PresentationSnyman-van der Walt, L. (2017). National Strategic Environmental Assessment for aquaculture development in South Africa: GIS analysis for identifying optimal areas for marine and freshwater aquaculture development. World Aquaculture Society. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9629Snyman-van der Walt, Luanita. "National Strategic Environmental Assessment for aquaculture development in South Africa: GIS analysis for identifying optimal areas for marine and freshwater aquaculture development." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9629Snyman-van der Walt L, National Strategic Environmental Assessment for aquaculture development in South Africa: GIS analysis for identifying optimal areas for marine and freshwater aquaculture development; World Aquaculture Society; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9629 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Snyman-van der Walt, Luanita AB - The Department of Environmental Affairs and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries commissioned the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Aquaculture Development in South Africa. The SEA seeks to ultimately produce a Decision Support Framework (DSF) that will provide guidance for site- and activity specific assessment processes, and supply Government with the necessary tools it needs to enable responsible, integrated and streamlined decision-making on aquaculture development. This report provides the approach and results of a strategic areas identification process (Phase 2 of the SEA). The strategic aquaculture areas serve as study areas for specialist investigation and assessment during the Assessment Phase (Phase 3) of the SEA which creates an evidentiary basis for the DSF. The identification of the strategic aquaculture areas for the purposes of the SEA constituted three main stages: 1) variable and threshold identification; 2) a multi-criteria analysis using Geographic Information Systems; and 3) area selection and refinement. Iterative stakeholder engagement formed an integral part of identifying the strategic aquaculture areas. Nine final strategic areas were identified and selected for freshwater aquaculture, whilst eight strategic areas were identified and selected for marine aquaculture (or mariculture). The areas are representative of all the South African provinces. DA - 2017-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Marine aquaculture KW - Freshwater aquaculture KW - South African aquaculture development KW - Geographic Information System KW - GIS LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 T1 - National Strategic Environmental Assessment for aquaculture development in South Africa: GIS analysis for identifying optimal areas for marine and freshwater aquaculture development TI - National Strategic Environmental Assessment for aquaculture development in South Africa: GIS analysis for identifying optimal areas for marine and freshwater aquaculture development UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9629 ER -