Fish sea aquaculture suitability maps in Costa Rica's northern and central Pacific coast

The shared maps show the biological suitability for producing five fish species, and the structural and operational suitability for installing three types of cages according to the potential operation scale.

The biological suitability corresponds to the conditions where the species of interest have an optimal development, considering Sea Surface Temperature (SST), salinity and water transparency. The structural viability provides information about the characteristics that the cages must have in order to withstand environmental conditions (mainly waves and current). The operational viability considers operation and maintenance activities associated with fish production (feeding, harvesting, cage cleaning, among others).

The information is located in folders for the biological, structural, operational and general suitability. Each folder contains maps in tiff format, with CRTM05 reference system (EPSG:5367).

Detailed information can be found in the General_information.txt file.

本次共享的地图展示了五种鱼类养殖的生物适宜性，以及依据潜在运营规模布设三种网箱的结构适宜性与作业适宜性。
生物适宜性指的是目标鱼类实现最优生长发育所需的环境条件，考量因素包括海表温度（Sea Surface Temperature, SST）、盐度与水体透明度。结构适配性说明了网箱为抵御环境条件（主要为海浪与海流）所需具备的性能参数；作业适配性则涵盖与鱼类养殖相关的作业与运维活动，例如投喂、收获、网箱清洁等。
相关数据按生物适宜性、结构适配性、作业适配性与通用适配性分为四个文件夹存储。每个文件夹内均包含采用TIFF格式、CRTM05坐标系（EPSG:5367）的地图文件。
详细说明可参阅General_information.txt文件。