Project Details
Description
The project will establish and deliver a decision support tool for low-impact fishing technologies and environmental management, which identifies and applies the best possible approaches and new developments between innovative and "baseline" fishing and management options and scenarios. The project will investigate to what extent such transitions and changes in fishing techniques with a low carbon and CO2 footprint and alternative fishing methods and strategies with reduced environmental impact are practically feasible and to what extent the management options in such a context will be economically and ecologically sustainable.
The study will include the Danish fishing fleet as a pilot study and take the existing Danish fleet structure as a starting point by i) assessing baseline fuel consumption for different fisheries, gear uses, spatial fishing behavior in response to spatial management and establishing concept vessels, ii) determining possible innovative measures and transitions based on fishing capacity and catchability of fish and preferred habitats and habitats for fishing and iii) to assess technical, economic and social feasibility for reduced emissions and environmental impacts in fishing. The evaluation will include quantifying the transition costs of new technologies, fishing methods and management strategies to make them affordable for the fishery.
By combining all the information that has been collected partly from databases, by directly involving energy experts, and through a user interface, the project will connect input and output in a GIS (Geographic Information System) interface, which will be used for scaling up a decision support tool and a roadmap to achieve environmental target reductions in 2030 and 2050 for all Danish fisheries, including case studies for various open sea (offshore) and coastal mixed demersal fisheries, large-scale pelagic fisheries in the North Sea, as well as fuel-intensive Kattegat Nephrops fisheries.
The decision support tool will be adapted to be able to answer - and evaluate scenarios for - political and administrative relevant inquiries, as well as inquiries from the industry, about energy efficiency in fishing, energy advice, and the effect of spatially explicit management (e.g. new fishing areas induced by new spatial restrictions imposed on Danish fishing about environmental impacts, such as the 30x10 target from the EU's biodiversity strategy, or marine concessions reserved for the development of offshore wind farms, etc.) as well as innovative technical and strategic fishing scenarios to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Funding
The project is co-funded by the European Union through the Danish Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Programme (EMFAF).
The study will include the Danish fishing fleet as a pilot study and take the existing Danish fleet structure as a starting point by i) assessing baseline fuel consumption for different fisheries, gear uses, spatial fishing behavior in response to spatial management and establishing concept vessels, ii) determining possible innovative measures and transitions based on fishing capacity and catchability of fish and preferred habitats and habitats for fishing and iii) to assess technical, economic and social feasibility for reduced emissions and environmental impacts in fishing. The evaluation will include quantifying the transition costs of new technologies, fishing methods and management strategies to make them affordable for the fishery.
By combining all the information that has been collected partly from databases, by directly involving energy experts, and through a user interface, the project will connect input and output in a GIS (Geographic Information System) interface, which will be used for scaling up a decision support tool and a roadmap to achieve environmental target reductions in 2030 and 2050 for all Danish fisheries, including case studies for various open sea (offshore) and coastal mixed demersal fisheries, large-scale pelagic fisheries in the North Sea, as well as fuel-intensive Kattegat Nephrops fisheries.
The decision support tool will be adapted to be able to answer - and evaluate scenarios for - political and administrative relevant inquiries, as well as inquiries from the industry, about energy efficiency in fishing, energy advice, and the effect of spatially explicit management (e.g. new fishing areas induced by new spatial restrictions imposed on Danish fishing about environmental impacts, such as the 30x10 target from the EU's biodiversity strategy, or marine concessions reserved for the development of offshore wind farms, etc.) as well as innovative technical and strategic fishing scenarios to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Funding
The project is co-funded by the European Union through the Danish Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Programme (EMFAF).
Research area: Fisheries Management
Research area: Ecosystem based Marine Management
Research area: Fisheries Technology
| Acronym | CAFF |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Effective start/end date | 01/05/2024 → 05/07/2027 |
Collaborative partners
- Technical University of Denmark (lead)
- Hauschildt Marine A/S
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