Resolution SEDEST No. 059 establishing norms and criteria for the environmental licensing of aquaculture and mariculture enterprises and activities.

This Resolution, consisting of 29 articles and one Annex, establishes norms and criteria for the environmental licensing of aquaculture and mariculture activities. This Resolution does not apply to undertakings related to shrimp farming, which are the subject of CONAMA Resolution No. 312 of 10 October 2002. The location and aquaculture projects in network tanks must comply with the Hydrographic Regions under the jurisdiction of the State of Paraná. Within the scope of the environmental licensing process, specific documents issued by the water resources management body should be required. The Size of Aquaculture Enterprises carried out in special ponds built on natural terrain will be defined and framed according to the flooded area and productivity, according to the tables in Annex I. For the purpose of classification of size, it is forbidden to divide contiguous areas belonging to the same person, whether physical or legal, considering the sum of the flooded productive area, excluding the supply channels, reservoirs and sedimentation basin. For marine and estuarine crops, the maximum limits of surface areas to be occupied by parks and marine aquaculture areas in inlets, bays and in the open sea will be proposed by the PLDM, defined in the environmental licensing procedures and approved through the authorization processes for use of physical spaces of bodies of water belonging to the Union, in accordance with specific legislation.