Marine aquaculture of bivalve molluscs is an important economic activity in Santa Catarina
State, Brazil, with more than 5000 persons directly and indirectly involved and an annual
revenue of US $18 million in 2013. In the first decade of this activity, a lack of proper
regulation imposed multiple obstacles to the sustainable management of local shellfish
farming. The occupation of marine space occurred in a disorderly manner, and the
unplanned development led to unfavourable conditions that threatened the sustainability of …