Acronym KNOWSEAS
Category
Aquaculture
Title Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe's Seas Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Large-Scale Integrating Project
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
ENVIRONMENT – Environment (including Climate change)
Specific Programme (FP7)
Cooperation
Funding source European Coordinator Tim O'higgins Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
SAMS - Scottish Association for Marine Science (United Kingdom)
Institutions involved
AWI - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Germany) ,
NA - Association for Christian Higher Education; Academic Research and Patient Care (Netherlands) ,
UNIVE - Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy) ,
EUCC - Coastal & Marine Union (Netherlands) ,
NA - CTL Consult Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
NA - Deltares (Netherlands) ,
SYKE - Finnish Environment Institute (Finland) ,
FERA - Food and Environment Research Agency (United Kingdom) ,
HZG - Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (Germany) ,
IEEP - Institute for European Environmental Policy (United Kingdom) ,
IBER - Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria) ,
IMAR - Institute of Marine Research (Portugal) ,
IOBAS - Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria) ,
MegaPesca - Megapesca - Vocational Training and Services Lda (Portugal) ,
METU - Middle East Technical University (Turkey) ,
CNR - National Research Council (Italy) ,
NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research (Norway) ,
KNAW - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Netherlands) ,
NIOZ - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Netherlands) ,
SAHFOS - Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (United Kingdom) ,
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain) ,
NA - Stockholm University (Sweden) ,
UCC - University College Cork (Ireland) ,
UVA - University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) ,
UoB - University of Bath (United Kingdom) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
UEA - University of East Anglia (United Kingdom) ,
UNIPD - University of Padua (Italy) ,
UoP - University of Plymouth (United Kingdom) ,
USE - University of Seville (Spain) ,
SDU - University of Southern Denmark (Denmark) ,
UBO - University of Western Brittany (France) ,
VU Amsterdam - Vrije University Amsterdam (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2009 End year 2013 Funding (€) € 7,403,128 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/226675 Summary Europe’s four regional seas (Baltic, Black, Mediterranean and NE Atlantic) have suffered severe environmental degradation due to human pressure. Existing measures to manage pressures have proven inadequate and the EC has responded by proposing a new policy (Maritime Strategy Blue Book) and environmental legislation (Marine Strategy Directive), both currently close to adoption. These instruments rely on the Ecosystem Approach, a management paradigm that encompasses humans and the supporting ecosystem. But the science base for this approach needs strengthening and practical tools must be developed and tested for policy implementation. In particular, criteria for assessing costs and benefits of management actions are poorly developed, particularly in the complex marine environment where multiple uses and management conflicts are common. The KnowSeas consortium will strengthen the science base for managing Europe’s seas through the practical application of systems thinking. It will work at the two scales envisaged for emergent EU policy: the Regional Sea Scale and Member State Economic Exclusive Zones (EEZs). We have developed a new approach of Decision Space Analysis to investigate mismatches of scale. Knowledge created through the FP6 European Lifestyles and Marine Ecosystems project, augmented with necessary new studies of climate effects, fisheries and maritime industries - in EEZ case studies - will provide a basis for assessing changes to natural systems and their human causes. New research will examine and model economic and social impacts of changes to ecosystem goods and services and costs and benefits of various management options available through existing and proposed policy instruments. Institutional and social analysis will determine conflicts of interest and examine governance as well as stakeholder values and perceptions. Our research will develop and test an assessment toolbox through regional liaison groups and a multisectoral Project Advisory Board.
Keywords
Aquaculture management;
Spatial planning;
Integrated management;
Fisheries management;
Policy;
Marine Region
70
Malta Island (GSA 15)
47
Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9)
27
Bothnian Bay (27.IIId.31)
58
Southern Ionian Sea (GSA 21)
36
Iceland Grounds (27.Va)
18
West of Gotland (27.IIId.27)
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
43
Northeast Greenland (27.XIVa)
54
Balearic Island (GSA 5)
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
65
North Levant (GSA 24)
9
Western English Channel (27.VIIe)
67
Levant (GSA 27)
69
Gulf of Gabes (GSA 14)
52
Northern Alboran Sea (GSA 1)
56
Alboran Island (GSA 2)
28
Rockall (27.VIb)
25
Faroes Grounds (27.Vb)
63
Marmara Sea (GSA 28)
26
Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa)
37
Southeast Greenland (27.XIVb)
21
Southern Central Baltic-East (27.IIId.26)
61
Eastern Ionian Sea (GSA 20)
22
Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
34
Bay of Biscay offshore (27.VIIId)
31
Southwest of Ireland-East (27.VIIj)
46
Corsica Island (GSA 8)
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
30
Porcupine Bank (27.VIIc)
19
Gulf of Finland (27.IIId.32)
72
Gulf of Hammamet (GSA 13)
59
Black Sea (GSA 29)
20
Archipelago Sea (27.IIId. 29)
50
Sardinia (east) (GSA 11.2)
16
East of Gotland or Gulf of Riga (27.IIId.28)
39
North of Azores (27.XIIa, 27.XIIb, 27.XIIc)
57
Southern Alboran Sea (GSA 3)
33
Bay of Biscay Southern (27.VIIIc)
68
South Levant (GSA 26)
55
Algeria (GSA 4)
35
West of Bay of Biscay (27.VIIIe)
24
Sound, Belt Sea or Transition Area (27.IIIb,c)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
29
West of Ireland (27.VIIb)
66
Cyprus Island (GSA 25)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
60
Western Ionian Sea (GSA 19)
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
51
Sardinia (west) (GSA 11.1)
48
South Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10)
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
44
Spitzbergen and Bear Island (27.IIb)
71
South of Sicily (GSA 16)
64
Crete Island (GSA 23)
17
Bothnian Sea (27.IIId.30)
32
Southwest of Ireland-West (27.VIIk)
23
Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
53
Northern Spain (GSA 6)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
40
Azores Grounds (27.Xa, 27.Xb)
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
75
Northern Tunisia (GSA 12)
73
Azov Sea (GSA 30)
65
Marine Region Map
