Study Sites

Two contrasting coastal systems in China will be used as study areas. Sanggou Bay is in a rural area in the North, and Huangdun Bay is in an industrialized area south of Shanghal, subject to substantial human pressure at both local and regional levels . The common denominator for both is that aquatic resources, i.e. cultivated species of seaweeds, shellfish and finfish, are of paramount importance for community income and livelihood, both locally and regionally.

For information on Sanggou Bay and Huangdun Bay click the markers on the map below.

	Sanggou Bay
	Huangdun Bay