Regional commission for fisheries. Rep. regional tech. workshop sustainable marine cage aquaculture develop. Muscat, Sult of Oman, 25-26/01/09 FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture report Series, Vol. 892

The workshop focus was on environmental impact assessment and monitoring, and aquaculture licensing for marine aquaculture cage systems. It also aimed at identifying constraints and shortcomings that need to be dealt with to support the development of the cage industry and facilitate investments from the private sector. The document contains a set of suggestions and recommendations with regards to technical and policy requirements needed to support the growth of the aquaculture sector as a whole and more specifically cage fish farming.