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Mariculture Site (BH050)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: bh050.ttl

Name

MaricultureSite

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A site where marine organisms are cultivated for food and other products in either the open ocean, in an enclosed section of the ocean, or in tanks, ponds or raceways that are filled with seawater (for example: the farming of marine fish, prawns, or oysters in saltwater ponds).

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point, curve, surface

Subtype of

ZI028 Feature Entity

Attributes

• AQF Aquaculture Facility Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MaricultureSite_aquacultureFacilityTypeMeta; values: AQF_1 Marine Culture, AQF_2 Sea Ranch, AQF_3 Shrimp Farm, AQF_4 Kelp Farm
• COA Conspicuous Air Category — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MaricultureSite_conspicuousAirCategoryMeta; values: COA_2 Visual, COA_4 Not Conspicuous
• COG Conspicuous Ground Category — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MaricultureSite_conspicuousGroundCategoryMeta; values: COG_2 Visual, COG_4 Not Conspicuous
• COC Conspicuous Sea Category — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MaricultureSite_conspicuousSeaCategoryMeta; values: COC_2 Visual, COC_4 Not Conspicuous
• CAI Controlling Authority Identification — multiplicity 0..*; datatype CharacterStringMeta
• CAA Controlling Authority — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MaricultureSite_controllingAuthorityMeta; values: CAA_17 Public, CAA_3 Private
• COS Facility Operational Status — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MaricultureSite_facilityOperationalStatusMeta; values: COS_13 Operational, COS_14 Partially Operational, COS_2 Intermittent, COS_4 Non-operational, COS_6 Planned, COS_8 Not in Operation, COS_9 Temporarily Non-operational
• MFE Marine Farm Enclosure Method — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MaricultureSite_marineFarmEncloseMethodMeta; values: MFE_1 Fencing, MFE_2 Fishing Stakes, MFE_3 Nets
• MOS Monitored — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta
• PRM Permanent — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta
• PCF Physical Condition — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MaricultureSite_physicalConditionMeta; values: PCF_1 Construction, PCF_2 Intact, PCF_3 Unmaintained, PCF_4 Damaged, PCF_5 Dismantled, PCF_6 Destroyed
• PPO Product — multiplicity 0..*; datatype MaricultureSite_productMeta; values: PPO_11 Bivalve Mollusc, PPO_29 Crustacean, PPO_30 Cultivated Shellfish, PPO_39 Fish, PPO_72 Mussels, PPO_77 Oysters
• HDP Hydrographic Depth — multiplicity 0..1; datatype HydroVertDimMeta

Associations

• MaricultureSiteAmenity → ZI116 Amenity (0..*)
• MaricultureSiteLandmarkInfo → LM010 Landmark Information (0..1)

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_01840 Kelp Farm
• RWO_02078 Mariculture Site
• RWO_02081 Marine Culture
• RWO_03285 Sea Ranch
• RWO_03395 Shrimp Farm

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.