AquaSmart Aquaculture Suitability Layers for Penang, Malaysia

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19 August 2025
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Summary

The AquaSmart project aim was to identify potential areas of aquaculture development around the island of Penang, Malaysia for 5 different species; ogonori seaweed (Gracilaria lichenodes), blood cockle (Tegillarca granosa), slipper oyster (Crassostrea iredalei), tropical oyster ( Crassostrea belcheri), and barramundi (Lates calcarifer). To achieve this aquaculture suitability layers were generated that represent the areas that have the best range of environmental conditions for these species when grown under aquaculture (farming) conditions. These spatial data layers were generated in August 2024, and refined in September 2024 following comments from the 2nd AquaSmart workshop in Malaysia.

This data comprises the spatial data habitat suitability layers for the 5 species as GeoTiff raster data, along with a georeferenced layered pdf map which serves to enable non-specialist users to be able to understand the conflicts and potential area of aquaculture development in the region.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2025-08-13
Access contraints
Not specified
Harvest GUID
CEFAS589b258e-a1cc-4a70-90e8-4776989754b9
Extent
Latitude: 10.00° to °
Longitude: 100.00° to 110.00°
Spatial reference system
Dataset reference date
2025-01-14 (publication)
2025-08-13 (revision)
2024-12-11 (creation)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) (originator, custodian, distributor, owner)
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dataset
Metadata language
eng
Source Metadata
XML
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