Mariculture Sustainability Index (MSI): Mariculture Sustainability and Mariculture Regulations 

Five (5) of the 13 mariculture practice assessment criteria from the MSI were used for calculating the Status and Resilience measures for the Mariculture sub-goal of the Food Provision goal. These five criteria were selected for having the greatest potential to affect the long-term resilience and sustainability of the mariculture systems being evaluated. For Resilience, the criteria "traceability" and "code of practice” measures of mariculture governance were used. For sustainability within the Status measure, “fishmeal use,” “waste treatment,” and “seed and larvae origin” were used.

Scores for each assessment criterion were aggregated and averaged based upon the proportion of the landings that each assessed species contributed to the overall catch in each country in the current year. Scores were rescaled from the 1 to 10 MSI range to 0 to 1 and then weighted equally to come up with a composite score for Resilience or Status sustainability; these scores are country and species-specific.

The MSI data layer for ‘genetic escapees’ was used as a Pressure to indicate the potential for native or introduced species to reduce the number of species or the extent of habitats that comprise the Biodiversity goal.