EIA and EMS Guidelines for Fishery/Aquaculture Projects in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Author(s)
Khuraibet, Ali Muhammad; Al Attar, Faten
Abstract
This document provides proposals for establishing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations, procedures and guidelines and Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for fishery/aquaculture projects. The study was carried-out for the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA). As each country has its own environmental and legal framework, attempts have been made to ensure the work in the study is a mixture of the more general and the specific. This ensures that each country can modify the regulations, guidelines and procedures recommended without losing scientific merit and structure. The study comes in two parts and is as follows: (1) EIA regulations, procedures, and guidelines, and (2) EMS guidelines and procedures. The study follows from a recommendation made at a workshop sponsored by FAO, PERSGA-(SAP), ROPME, USAID (Egypt), and the World Fish Center held in Hurghada, Arab Republic of Egypt, 15-17 September 2002. The “Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture and Fisheries Practices” workshop recommendations requested establishing EIA and EMS guidelines.
