The guidelines stress the benefits of strategic planning, whereby nature conservation requirements and aquaculture development needs are taken into consideration in an integrated manner at an early stage of the planning process.
Suunistes rõhutatakse sellise strateegilise kavandamise eeliseid, milles võetakse algusest peale terviklikult arvesse looduskaitsenõudeid ja vesiviljeluse arendamise vajadusi.