The goal of the study is to conduct Area, Production, and Yield (APY) analysis, in a way never done before, and bring out the uniqueness of the study. The findings brought out the key stakeholders of the Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) framework. Assisting these stakeholders, namely science and technology, the blue economy, the marine environment, and disaster management, subsequent progress in APY analysis and focussing on the shortcomings and potholes can help in determining a sustainable route for the growth of aquaculture in the Indian Ocean region (IOR).
1. The Growth Patterns in Area, Yield, and Production: which is required for the assessment of instability and risk by highlighting regions with negative growth patterns or high variability in production,
2. The Yield parameter relationship: it entails the establishment of relationship relating the obtained Yield with the parameters affecting the yield.
“”Shrimps farming clearly showed some negative impacts while the current research on seaweed and their cultivation has shown them to be highly sustainable. They lie on the two ends of the sustainability spectrum.
Research Intern, MRC