Evaluation of aquaculture regulations' adaptiveness to low trophic aquaculture (LTA) in selected countries and regions of the Atlantic.

Assessments of documents relevant for LTA according to 15 adaptiveness criteria. Scores are assigned on the scale between -2 and 2. In total 22 documents are analyzed (5 for Galicia, Spain; 2 for Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; 8 for Scotland; 6 for Norway, 1 for South Africa and). General analysis is done for Brazilian aquaculture legislation. The data consists of an Excel file with scores and 6 pdf files with explanation of each score.