Acronym EMPAFISH
Category
Fisheries
Title European marine protected areas as tools for fisheries management and conservation Programme FP6
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP6 - Specific Targeted Research Project
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Research for Policy Support
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Angel Pérez-Ruzafa Coordinator email angelpr@um.es
Coordinator institution
UM - University of Murcia (Spain)
Institutions involved
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
IMC - International Marine Center (Italy) ,
CNRS - National Centre for Scientific Research; Languedoc-Roussillon Delegation (France) ,
CNR-IAMC - National Research Council; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (Italy) ,
PML - Plymouth Marine Laboratory (United Kingdom) ,
IEO - Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain) ,
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain) ,
UA - University of Alicante (Spain) ,
ULL - University of La Laguna (Spain) ,
UM - University of Malta (Malta) ,
UNIPA - University of Palermo (Italy) ,
UNIPI - University of Pisa (Italy) ,
UBO - University of Western Brittany (France) ,
Start year 2005 End year 2008 Funding (€) € 3,056,808 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/6539 Summary This project aims at investigating the effectiveness of different schemes of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in preserving species, habitats and ecosystems from the effects of fishing, at developing quantitative methods to assess the effects of MPAs and at providing the EU with a set of integrated measures and policy proposals for the implementation of MPAs as tools for the management of fisheries.
Keywords
Habitat enhancement;
MPA;
Fisheries management;
Stock enhancement;
Marine Region
51
Sardinia (west) (GSA 11.1)
50
Sardinia (east) (GSA 11.2)
47
Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9)
48
South Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10)
52
Northern Alboran Sea (GSA 1)
53
Northern Spain (GSA 6)
2
Canarias and Madeira Islands (34.1.2)
40
Azores Grounds (27.Xa, 27.Xb)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
70
Malta Island (GSA 15)
10
Marine Region Map
