ISSN 0429-9345 FAO FISHERIES 459 TECHNICAL PAPER Mapping coastal 459 aquaculture and fisheries structures by satellite Mapping coastal aquaculture and fisheries structures by satellite imaging radar imaging radar Case study of the Lingayen Gulf, the Philippines FISH PONDS FISH CAGES FISH TRAPS FA O Cover image: Fish cages, fish traps and fish ponds in the Lingayen Gulf area, northern Luzon, the Philippines. RADARSAT 1 SAR fine resolution image (acquired 4 February 2001). Copies of FAO publications can be requested from: SALES AND MARKETING GROUP Information Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome, Italy E-mail:
[email protected] Fax: (+39) 06 57053360 Web site: http://www.fao.org FAO FISHERIES Mapping coastal TECHNICAL PAPER aquaculture and fisheries 459 structures by satellite imaging radar Case study of the Lingayen Gulf, the Philippines by Carlo Travaglia Environment and Natural Resources Service FAO Sustainable Development Department Rome, Italy Giuliana Profeti SAR Image Processing Florence, Italy José Aguilar-Manjarrez Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service FAO Fisheries Department Rome, Italy and Nelson A. Lopez Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Manila, the Philippines FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2004 5IFEFTJHOBUJPOTFNQMPZFEBOEUIFQSFTFOUBUJPOPGNBUFSJBMJOUIJTJOGPSNBUJPO QSPEVDUEPOPUJNQMZUIFFYQSFTTJPOPGBOZPQJOJPOXIBUTPFWFSPOUIFQBSU PGUIF'PPEBOE"HSJDVMUVSF0SHBOJ[BUJPOPGUIF6OJUFE/BUJPOTDPODFSOJOHUIF MFHBMPSEFWFMPQNFOUTUBUVTPGBOZDPVOUSZ