Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title A FRAMEWORK FOR SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES IN NORWAY Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Jon Helge Vølstad Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2017 End year 2021 Funding (€) € 792,080 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/267808?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=60&TemaEmne.2=Reiseliv&source=EU&projectId=778120 Summary Norway has a high participation rate in recreational fisheries. However, effort, catches and socio-economic value has hardly been estimated. In this project lasting from 2017-2019 a research group consisting of both fishery scientists and social scientists will explore the marine recreational fisheries in Norway by using state of the art survey techniques.
Background and motivation
The marine recreational fisheries (MRF) in Norway are an important part of the blue economy, creating jobs all over Norway, but may threaten the sustainability of coastal fish stocks. Norwegian MRF are poorly studied and there is an urgent need for science-based knowledge. Resource managers presently lack information to evaluate MRF' (including tourist fisheries) economic importance and impact on fish stocks relative to other potentially conflicting coastal activities such as commercial fisheries and aquaculture. We aim to provide knowledge about the extent and development of MRF in Norway (domestic and foreign fishers), as well as of the cultural and provisioning ecosystem services provided by the sector. The Norwegian MRF are open access and do not require a fishing license, and there is neither a comprehensive registry database of recreational fishers nor a complete registry of recreational boats available. The Norwegian telephone registry provides excellent coverage of the domestic population (age 16 and older) and will be used as sampling frame for a telephone-diary survey to characterize this segment of MRF, but will not cover non-resident fishers. On-site surveys will be required for non-resident marine recreational fishers and to collect biological data. This is challenging because MRF are widely spread out in time and space and the heterogeneous population of fishers cannot be representatively sampled (and intercepted in person) from a finite list of access-points along the coast. We will develop a framework for a cost-effective probability-based survey sampling approach that can minimize biases and provide robust national estimates of recreational effort, catches, and the ecosystem services provided from MRF in Norway. This will include innovative statistical methods that combine complementary probabilistic survey methods. The project aims to provide guidelines of sampling efforts to reliably quantify and characterize Norway's diverse and extensive MRF.
Keywords
Fisheries management;
Monitoring;
Catch;
Fishing effort;
Recreational fisheries;
Guidelines;
Marine Region
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