The penultimate draft of a National Aquaculture Atlas was delivered to the Ministry of Fisheries Wealth in December 2009. The underlying concept of the "Atlas Project" was to provide an accurate and authoritative guide to potential aquaculture sites in the Sultanate of Oman using contemporary technologies and expertise from Europe, North America and the Sultanate. The resultant document, which includes sections on the types of aquaculture and species suitable for industrial exploitation in Oman, has as its major part, cartographical details of the nation's coastline using satellite imagery. A 1:150000 scale was used and forty satellite images are incorporated into the Atlas. Each satellite image has been overlaid with colour-coded symbols and blocks to illustrate various oceanographic, biological and physical features that might influence siting of aquaculture facilities. These include built up areas, agricultural lands, wadi mouths, positions of harbours, ice manufacturers, EU-approved processors, major roads, bathymetric contours, sabkhas, mangroves and other details.  For seven national regions, brief notes are presented regarding general characteristic features of the area, including oceanographic information such as weather and bathymetry, regional circulation and tides, sea surface temperatures and salinities, wave action and photosynthetic pigment levels and environmental data. The presence or absence of sea grasses and algae, mangrove stands, corals and marine invertebrates, turtles and bird life, and the existence of current and potential coastal protected areas are included. Finally, the Atlas highlights the potential for aquaculture activities in the Sultanate of Oman and provides recommendations for development of specific sites.