Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Compilation of Habitat Based Catchment Information and Historical Eel Data in Support of Eel Management Plans Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Paul Mills Coordinator email pmills@compass.ie
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
IFI - Inland Fisheries Ireland (Ireland) ,
NUI Galway - National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland) ,
Start year 2008 End year 2009 Funding (€) € NA Website https://oar.marine.ie/bitstream/handle/10793/701/Eel%20Plan%20-%20SummaryReport.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Summary The aim of the project was to provide a national eel database (EEL-PLAN) that would inform the management of eels in Ireland. Identified components of the database system included: information on eels collected prior to 1980; and information on the eel habitat variables, both quantitative and qualitative, to enable estimation of production and a system for referencing similar river systems based on ecology and hydrography. The solution proposed was to develop an interactive GIS-based database that would be used to quantify and aggregate catchments of similar characteristics within each geographical area (area of similar eel recruitment characteristics) and by RBD.
The specific research objectives of the project were to: 1. Collate, digitise and analyse the available published and unpublished historical and more recent eel data as a basis for the National EMP and River Basin Management Plans; 2. Amalgamate catchment habitat data from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), Marine Institute (MI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and RBD Geographical Information Systems (GIS), into a single database to support the modelling of eel stocks on a subcatchment basis; and 3. Compile a comprehensive eel habitat GIS, as an information framework, building on the existing salmon wetted area habitat quantification model, which would, inter alia, serve to integrate all data, as outlined in the aforementioned Objectives 1 & 2.
Keywords
Eel;
Fish;
Fish habitat;
Habitat mapping;
Fish biology;
Marine Region
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Celtic Sea North (27.VIIg)
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West of Ireland (27.VIIb)
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Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
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Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa)
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Southwest of Ireland-East (27.VIIj)
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