These technical guidelines and criteria were prepared by the consultants Alessandro Ciattaglia (Cage Culture Expert) and Richard Anthony Corner (Environmental Expert), commissioned by FAO in the framework of the Project UTF/SAU/048/SAU “Strengthening and supporting further development of aquaculture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”.
The consultants’ terms of references (TORs) for this was to draft technical guidelines and devise criteria (where appropriate) for the development of offshore cage aquaculture on the Red Sea coast, with special reference to site selection. The guidelines and criteria cover both technical aspects related to necessary cage and mooring design and the environment aspects that affect such design and environmental criteria as they affect the fish in the cages and more generally as they affect the long-term sustainability of fish farm aquaculture within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

Alessandro Ciattaglia and Richard Anthony Corner

The File can be downloaded and viewed in PDF format from the Saudi Aquaculture Society's website on the following URL