Feasibility of groundwater resources of West Azarbaijan Province for farming salmon using Geographic Information System (GIS) (Case study: Sardasht)

Increase the rate of exploitation of fisheries resources and increased global demand for food, the need for a fresh look at the nature and potential of the aquaculture sector has created And the question arises as to how aquaculture can increase protein production and food security in the long time for human. This study is part of an effort to meet the information needs of the aquaculture potential and estimate the ecological and socio - economic warfare for the city of West Azarbaijan fish seller primarily rainbow salmon is farmed. This study groundwater resources allocation and prioritization city located in West Azarbaijan warfare to establish fish farms rainbow salmon and using geographic information systems (GIS) have been conducted For this purpose the study sources and previous studies in this area, effective factors in locating salmon farms were classified as followings: (1) ecologyical - Water (discharges water sources of the water temperature, PH) the land (slope, elevation), land use, Stay away from disaster-prone areas (away from flood prone areas, away from seismically active areas), (2) economic - Close to market, profitability, access to labor, (3) community - jobs, property type operation, population, density and (4) infrastructure - close to road, close to electricity, or nearly fixed, and the like. Finally, using data collected And providing data layers in GIS environment has been carried out. The results revealed that 208 of the total water resource utilization (51 springs and 157 wells), 141 Water supply are suitable for farming salmon