Aquaculture

According to the World Resources Institute, aquaculture—or fish farming—has grown rapidly to meet world fish demand, more than doubling production between 2000 and 2012. New research shows that aquaculture production will need to more than double again between now and 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population. Resources available in this sub-theme include aquaculture development strategies, country-wide aquaculture project reports, and institutional practices for aquaculture strengthening, among other resources that support improving aquaculture globally.

Aquaculture Resources

Lampung Brackish Water Pond Project; Feasibility Study

Publication date:
November 18, 1976
U.S. Agency for International Development
On June 9, 1976 the United States Agency for International Development signed a contract with Cheechi and Company to conduct a feasibility study of a pilot brackish water fisheries project in Indonesia. This report documents the findings of the specialists who participated in the study.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Indonesia
East Asia and Pacific

Final Report, June 1988 to May 1991: The Importance of Mangroves in Sustaining Fisheries and Controlling Water Quality in Coastal Ecosystems

U.S. Agency for International Development
This final report describes an ecosystem analysis of Guayas River estuary, Ecuador, along with ecological studies in Terminos Lagoon, Mexico, to quantify the function of mangroves in different environmental settings. Mangroves may provide food and habitat to a variety of trophic levels, as well as...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ecuador
Latin America and the Caribbean

Fish Crossing: Tool for Designing Culverts for Fish Passages

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pronounced "Fish Crossing" -- This software is intended to assist engineers, hydrologists, and fish biologists in the evaluation and design of culverts for fish passage. It is free and available for download. Version 3 of FishXing is in its final beta form.Read more

Sea Level Trends

Publication date:
October 15, 2013
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The mean sea level (MSL) trends measured by tide gauges that are presented on this web site are local relative MSL trends as opposed to the global sea level trend. Tide gauge measurements are made with respect to a local fixed reference level on land; therefore, if there is some long-term vertical...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Extreme Water Levels

Publication date:
October 15, 2013
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This product provides annual and monthly exceedance probability levels for select Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) water level stations with at least 30 years of data. When used in conjunction with real time station data, exceedance probability levels can be used...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Inundation Analysis Tool

Publication date:
October 15, 2013
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The inundation analysis program is extremely beneficial in determining the frequency (or the occurrence of high waters for different elevations above a specified threshold) and duration (or the amount of time that the specified location is inundated by water) of observed high waters (tides).Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Date API

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) API for data retrieval can be used to retrieve observations and predictions from CO-OPS stations.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Discovery Portal

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This "DEM Discovery Portal" uses an ArcGIS map interface to locate, preview, and link to DEM web pages for download. DEMs may be bathymetric, topographic, or a merged combination of both. They also range from high-resolution coastal DEMs for local studies to coarser DEMs with global...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Electronic Navigational Charts

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ENC Direct to GIS allows users to display, query, and download all available base editions of NOAA ENC® data in a variety of GIS/CAD formats, using Internet mapping service technology. Nautical chart features contained within a NOAA ENC provide a detailed representation of the U.S. coastal and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

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