Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Enhancing the ability to provide advice on data limited shellfish stocks Programme National Programme
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 Coordinator Matt Parker Humphreys Coordinator email matthew.parker-humphreys@cefas.co.uk
Coordinator institution
CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (United Kingdom)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2013 End year 2016 Funding (€) € 326,973 Website http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID=19035&FromSearch=Y&Publisher=1&SearchText=Enhancing%20the%20ability%20to%20provide%20advice%20on%20data%20limited%20shellfish%20stocks&SortString=ProjectCode&SortOrder=Asc&Paging=10#Description Summary To build on work recently undertaken by International Council for the Exploration of the Seas WKLIFE (Workshop on the Development of Assessments based on LIFE history traits and Exploitation Characteristics) in which a framework for assessing 'data limited' finfish stocks was developed. There is now an opportunity to expand the approach and develop methods suitable for assessment of shellfish stocks. These methods can then be applied to a range of shellfish species to provide indications of likely stock status that will be useful in the context of both direct fishery management by Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities and the legislative requirements of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive to fish at Maximum Sustainable Yield by 2020.
(1) To provide a framework of modelling techniques and tools that can be employed for a wide range of species and data limited situations; (2) To build on work already undertaken for the whelk (Buccinum undatum) in order to provide methods to assess these stocks; (3) To initiate a data collection programme to provide adequate data for the most appropriate model.
Keywords
Gastropod;
Stock assessment;
Shellfish;
Mollusc;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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