Cyprus: environmental management of aquaculture development
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Aquaculture1 is a growing dynamic industry in Cyprus. It is considered as a potential tool for reducing Cyprus's dependence on seafood imports. It concentrates mainly on culture of seabass and seabream and to a lesser extent on trout culture, due to the increasing problems created by the scarcity of fresh water in the country. Marine aquaculture is still in its infancy, having a history of less than 10 years, fresh water aquaculture instead was initiated in 1969. The expansion of the sector will depend on a number of factors such as identification and assessment of economic opportunities, identification and availability of suitable sites, availability of necessary financing and perhaps most significantly, strengthening of a government attitude which is supportive of aquaculture. The future development of all types and forms of aquaculture is limited physically for the following reasons: surface water resources are restricted and it is difficult to receive a sufficient quantity and quality to support the type of fish which are to be farmed; fresh water aquaculture in reservoirs occurs only seasonally; the coastline area which is only 296 km long is subject to competition with other forms of development and much of the suitable land area has already been allocated and zoned mainly for residential and agricultural purposes and tourism development;2 the coastal conditions do not always favour the development of marine coastal aquaculture.3