The aims of InDAM(Indicators for Sustainable Development of Aquaculture and Guidelines for their use in the Mediterranean), among other and through a participatory and multidisciplinary approach, are to provide policy makers and relevant stakeholders, with a comprehensive decision support tool regarding sustainable aquaculture development in the Mediterranean. This tool is based on the production of sets of indicators and relative reference points and standards to guide evaluate and provide incentives towards the sustainable development of Mediterranean aquaculture in its four dimensions (social, economic, environmental and governance) and within an ecosystem based framework.