Coastal zones are marked by above-average concentrations of people and economic activity. Moreover, it has been recognized that global aquaculture industries will be impacted by climate change, and that those impacts will be specific to location, culture method, and culture species. Coastal resources management projects (CRMPs) are focused on protecting our coastal resources for future generations while balancing today's competing economic, cultural, and environmental interests. In the context of climate change, by employing a set of synergistic management tools, it will be possible to reduce uncertainties and create a more resilient industry. Also, by reducing uncertainty, these tools aim to decrease the risk that stakeholders incur by investing in an industry expected to be impacted by climate change.

Today, there is also intense competition for space and use in many coastal zones, making the estamblishment of many mussel farms contentious. Consequently the nature of coastal zone management obligates the use of spatial data for planning new farms. In this context, many organizations have highlighted the importance of determining the carrying capacity of different areas for bivalve farming. There are a number of ways that carrying capacity may be defined, including physical, production, ecological, and social, and the first three categories are related to social expectations and standards to verying degrees.

Bivalve species, as sessile organisms, are facing seasonal changes in the environmental factors and cannot avoid the impacts of stressful factors. Thus, the nature of environmental conditions at farms sites significantly determines the suitability of an aquatic environment for bivalve growth. For example temperature is one of the main factors controlling mussel physiology, including filtration rate, food absorption, growth, and heartbeat. Accordingly, physiology can largely contribute to an improved understanding of whether or not the environmental conditions of a marine area favor the establishment of new bivalve farms. The BIVALVIANET aims to illustrate the tolerance of bivalve species against several factors including temperature, salinity, pathogens, and food availability, thus contributing significantly to the assessment of marine areas' suitability for bivalve farming along the Greek coastline.  Moreover, it can help stakeholders in applying and adapting new farming methods for mitigating the impacts of climate change.

In line with the above goals, the "Adaptive Management (AM)", also known as "Adaptive Resources Management (ARM)", can be used as tool that utilizes cyclical decision-making in the face of uncertainty to improve management techniques over time. Adaptive management is particularly focused on learning and adapting through partnerships of managers, scientists, and other stakeholders who learn together how to create and maintain resources' sustainability in the context of climate change.