Project Details
Description
There is general concern about the adverse impact of fisheries on benthic ecosystem which may negatively affect the fisheries yield and integrity of the sea bed. In an integrated approach to marine management, there is a need to develop quantitative tools to assess the impact of fisheries on the benthic ecosystem and at the same time collaborate with the fishing industry to develop innovative technologies and new management approaches to reduce the impact on benthic ecosystems.
BENTHIS will provide the knowledge to further develop the ecosystem approach to fisheries management as required in the Common Fisheries Policy and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. It will study the diversity of benthic ecosystem in European waters and the role of benthic species in the ecosystem functioning. Fisheries impacts will be studied on benthic organisms and on the geo-chemistry.
The newly acquired knowledge will be synthesized in a number of generic tools that will be combined into a fishing/seabed habitat risk assessment method that will be applied to fisheries in the Baltic, North Sea, Western waters, Mediterranean and Black Sea. Fisheries will be selected with the fishing industry based on the impact on the benthic ecosystem.
BENTHIS will integrate fishing industry partners to collaborate in testing the performance of innovative technologies to reduce fishing impact. Finally, in collaboration with the fishing industry and other stakeholders, new management approaches will be developed and tested on their effects on the ecosystem and their socio-economic consequences. As such BENTHIS will substantially improve the scientific basis to integrate the role of marine benthic ecosystems in fisheries management.
Partners
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, DTU Aqua
DLO Foundation, Netherlands (coordinator)
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UKBangor University, UK
The University Court of the University of Aberdeen, UK
The Scottish Ministers acting through Marine Scotland, UK
Marine Institute, Ireland
Aarhus University, Denmark
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Turkey
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
The National Research Council, Italy
Institute of Marine Research, Norway
The French Institute for Exploration of the Sea, France
Institute for Agricultural an Fisheries Research, Belgium
Furthermore 17 small and medium enterprises are participating
Funding
The project is funded by EU, Framework Programme 7.
Research area: Ecosystem based Marine Management
Research area: Fisheries Management
Research area: Fisheries Technology
Research area: Marine Living Resources
BENTHIS will provide the knowledge to further develop the ecosystem approach to fisheries management as required in the Common Fisheries Policy and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. It will study the diversity of benthic ecosystem in European waters and the role of benthic species in the ecosystem functioning. Fisheries impacts will be studied on benthic organisms and on the geo-chemistry.
The newly acquired knowledge will be synthesized in a number of generic tools that will be combined into a fishing/seabed habitat risk assessment method that will be applied to fisheries in the Baltic, North Sea, Western waters, Mediterranean and Black Sea. Fisheries will be selected with the fishing industry based on the impact on the benthic ecosystem.
BENTHIS will integrate fishing industry partners to collaborate in testing the performance of innovative technologies to reduce fishing impact. Finally, in collaboration with the fishing industry and other stakeholders, new management approaches will be developed and tested on their effects on the ecosystem and their socio-economic consequences. As such BENTHIS will substantially improve the scientific basis to integrate the role of marine benthic ecosystems in fisheries management.
Partners
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, DTU Aqua
DLO Foundation, Netherlands (coordinator)
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UKBangor University, UK
The University Court of the University of Aberdeen, UK
The Scottish Ministers acting through Marine Scotland, UK
Marine Institute, Ireland
Aarhus University, Denmark
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Turkey
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
The National Research Council, Italy
Institute of Marine Research, Norway
The French Institute for Exploration of the Sea, France
Institute for Agricultural an Fisheries Research, Belgium
Furthermore 17 small and medium enterprises are participating
Funding
The project is funded by EU, Framework Programme 7.
Research area: Ecosystem based Marine Management
Research area: Fisheries Management
Research area: Fisheries Technology
Research area: Marine Living Resources
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 01/10/2012 → 30/09/2017 |
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