This Working Group is coordinated and conducted by the Regional Council of Reunion Island.
GOALS:
- Development of the fishing sector (sustainable management of fishing resources)
- Development of the aquaculture industry (research, site upgrade and related activities)
- Touristic development (management of nautical activities and shark risk, ecotourism)
- Development of maritime connectivity (maritime trafic, cruising activities, harbour facilities, naval construction industry, digital connectivity)
METHODS:
- Geographical Information System / Infrastructure of Spatial Data
- Integration of spatial tracking data
- Collection and analyse of remote sensing data
- Exploitation of economic data
- Surveys of public policy makers and « sea users »
- Inventory, mapping ans spatial analysis of human activities on the sea
- Applied prospective analysis of human activities at sea
EXPECTED RESULTS:
- Inventory of actual and future users of the sea and the coastal zone
- Analyse of the existing economic infrastructure, actual capacities, needs and opportunities of improvement
- Analyse of human and economic potential in order to improve economic efficiency of traditional and emerging activities
- Identification of suitable sites for emerging activities
- Enhancement of pilot projects
- Identification of threats, risks and conflicts of use under WP 5