A presentation by Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal on The Production of Aquaculture and Environmental Maps to Support Spatial Planning. Taken from the BlueBRIDGE workshop, European Maritime Day 2016, Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth workshop, 18 May 2016

1. BlueBRIDGE receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 675680 www.bluebridge-vres.eu
The production of aquaculture and
environmental maps to support spatial
planning
Miles Macmillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal
miles.macmillan-lawler@grida.no
“Towards innovative data services
for Blue Growth” workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
European Maritime Day 2016
#EMD2016

2. GRID-Arendal
• Norwegian Foundation, Est 1989 to support
United Nations Environment Programme
• Role in BlueBRIDGE - develop VREs under
BlueENVIRONMENT Pillar
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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3. Our experience
• Aquaculture production (FAO)
• Satellite processing expertise (CLS)
• Blue Carbon Assessment (CLS/GRID-Arendal)
• Maritime Spatial Planning (GRID-Arendal)
• Infrastructure (CNR/Engineering)
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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4. Scientific & technical
challenges
EU Maritime Spatial Planning Directive
• Where are aquaculture facilities? How does this
change over time?
• Relationship between habitats (e.g. mangroves)
and aquaculture facilities
CBD Aichi Target 11 / Carribean Challenge
• What is within managed zones (e.g. MPAs)?
• Seagrass, mangrove, coral reef, geomorphology
• Human uses
• Reporting towards CBD Aichi target 11
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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5. Use cases
• Sentinel data to map aquaculture facilities in
Greece
• Sentinel data to map aquaculture and
mangroves in Indonesia
• Assessment of MPAs in Caribbean (Aichi target
11) – collaboration with JRC Biopama project
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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6. VRE utility beyond case studies
• Maps of aquaculture facilties important to
understand dynamics and expansion of
industry – application in developing countries
• Interactions between aquaculture and
mangroves (Blue Carbon)
• Support MSP – eg EU Maritime Spatial
Planning Directive
• Country reporting against CBD Aichi target 11
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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7. Aquaculture Atlas Generation
VRE
• Satellite data (Sentinel) to map
aquaculture facilities (Radar)
• Build system to identify type of
production facilities, area, etc.
• Time series from historical
satellite data
• Link with maps of vegetation from
satellite - dynamics
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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8. Aquaculture and Mangrove
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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© MDA (2011)
2005
6 x 2 cages
2011
6 x 3 cages
Illustration of the potential of
VHR Ikonos image for mapping
mangrove growth stages.

9. Protected Area Impact Maps
VRE
• Analyse representation of MPAs
(or other managed area)
• Aichi target 11
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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10. Outcomes
EU Maritime Spatial Planning Directive
• Aquaculture atlas generation will allow rapid
assessment of country/regional aquaculture
infrastructure using automated methods
• Better understanding of industry dynamics
and interactions with key habitats
CBD Aichi Target 11
• Reporting towards Aichi Target 11 for
countries in standardised way
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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11. Future Steps
• VRE production started in March 2016 and the
first version wil be available in December this
year
• Currently integrating existing technologies for
satellite processing to be accessible in VRE
• Developing analysis and reporting capabilities
for Protected Area Imapct Maps
https://i-marine.d4science.org/group/aquacultureatlasgeneration
https://i-marine.d4science.org/group/protectedareaimpactmaps
5/19/2016
"Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop
18 May 2016, Turku, Finland
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12. Thank you
BlueBRIDGE receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 675680
www.bluebridge-vres.eu
@BlueBridgeVREs
info@bluebridge-vres.eu