Acronym ECONET
Category
Fisheries
Title Fish Fry Recruiting Devices Programme Nat. Programme (supported by ESIF)
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 National-European Coordinator A. Kapantagakis Coordinator email akap@hcmr.gr
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
DIOPAS - DIOPAS SA (Greece) ,
NA - NAYS Ltd (Greece) ,
UoC - University of Crete (Greece) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 502,465 Website http://www.ecoreefs.gr/ Summary The ongoing decrease of fish stocks worldwide due to the increase of fishing pressure makes it necessary to apply a series of measures in order to restore the stocks. In the Mediterranean Sea, fishing pressure is especially high in the demersal fish species of high commercial value segment. The emerging idea of protection of juveniles, next to all other protecting measures, is gaining ground among scientists and fishery managers. The proposed project aims at meeting the market demand for innovative products that could assist the fishing industry to apply large-scale fish protection programs using relatively inexpensive materials and techniques. The idea is to use nets, which is an inexpensive material, already used in the fishing industry, and construct a series of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs). FADs are “smart” devices that could be used in order to protect juvenile fish in the most vulnerable phase of their life in order to increase fish stock populations in a natural way simply through by decreasing natural and anthropogenic mortality. A by-product of the experimental research will be different types of trapping devices which are highly selective in order to attract and trap mature fish, when this has almost concluded its life cycle.
The project aims to meet the market demand for innovative products that could help the fishing industry to apply large scale fish protection programs using inexpensive materials. This will be achieved using synthetic materials and nets which are inexpensive materials, already used in the fishing industry, to construct a series of fish fry protecting devices. These smart devices will be used to protect juvenile fish in the most vulnerable phase of their life in order to help restore fish populations in a natural way through the decrease of the natural mortality.
Keywords
Gear technology;
Fishing technology;
Fish aggregating device;
Fish stocks;
Stock enhancement;
Marine Region
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
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