Acronym DISCATCH
Category
Fisheries
Title Pilot project Catch and discard composition including solutions for limitation and possible elimination of unwanted by-catches in trawl net fisheries in the Mediterranean Programme DG MARE
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Antonello Sala Coordinator email antonello.sala@cnr.it
Coordinator institution
CNR-ISMAR - National Research Council; Institute of Marine Sciences (Italy)
Institutions involved
COISPA - COISPA Technology and Research (Italy) ,
NA - National Research Council - Institute of Marine Engineering (Italy) ,
RAC MED - Regional Advisory Council for the Mediterranean (Italy) ,
IEO - Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain) ,
UNIST - University of Split (Croatia) ,
Start year 2013 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 624,843 Website http://www.ismar.cnr.it/projects/international-projects/copy13_of_project-001/discatch-project?set_language=en&cl=en Summary The aim of DISCATCH is to support the identification of viable solutions to address factors determining the catches of unwanted species and specimens in trawl fisheries with a view to reducing unwanted catches and eliminating discards.
The main objectives of DISCATCH are: to provide an overall assessment of the fishing fleet discarding behaviour and to identify the main reasons for discarding in Mediterranean continental shelf demersal and small pelagic trawl fisheries; to identify measures, including technical ones related to fishing gear characteristics, to mitigate or eliminate bycatches of unwanted species and measures to eliminate discarding based on existing or new measures.
Keywords
Gear technology;
Fishing technology;
Environmental impact;
Discard;
Trawling;
Bycatch;
Marine Region
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
52
Northern Alboran Sea (GSA 1)
53
Northern Spain (GSA 6)
54
Balearic Island (GSA 5)
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
47
Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9)
7
Marine Region Map
