Acronym EOLIDE
Category
Fisheries
Title Approccio ecosistemico alla gestione della pesca e conservazione delle specie protette nel sistema eoliano - Ecosystem approach to fishery management and protected species conservation in Aeolian system 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 Franco Andaloro Coordinator email franco.andaloro@isprambiente.it
Coordinator institution
ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (Italy)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2002 End year 2004 Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary This study was the first in the Italian seas to aim the analysis of the pelagic ecosystem trophic structure of a large area of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea and the evaluation of the impact of fishing on it. The study area, called the "Aeolian System", is between Cefalu basin and Gioia basin and extended from the north-eastern coast of Sicily to Stromboli. It is an environment of distinctive ecological and oceanographic features that make it the main nursery area for large pelagic fish (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus alalunga, Xiphias gladius). In addition, in this area are particularly abundant species of medium-sized pelagics (Seriola dumerili, Euthynnus alletteratus, Coryphaena hippurus, Sarda sarda) and small pelagic species (Engraulis encrasicolus, Sardina pilchardus and Sardinella aurita) both adult and juvenile. These species are exploited by the fishing fleet on the northern coast of Sicily and the Aeolian Islands. The fleet has a total of 600 fishing boats of which 85% are dedicated to artisanal fisheries. The countless types of fish present are due to major categories such as gill nets , drift nets , seine nets, longlines, handlines and harpoons.
Goals:
(1) Analysis of the planktonic food web: definition of the trophic state of the pelagic system during periods of high and low primary production; (2) Analysis of nektonic food web through the study of trophic relationships between fish resources using the most important examination of the stomach contents; (3) Determination of biological parameters (mortality, consumption, production) and biomass of the species belonging to the food web; (4) An assessment of the impact of fishing on fish resources in the study area; (5) Evaluation of the toxicological effects of contaminants of different nature and origin of identified species and other organisms of different trophic levels in the Aeolian.
Keywords
Fishing mortality;
Food web;
Pollution;
Fish;
Sardine;
Environmental impact;
Amberjacks;
Fish biology;
Anchovy;
Tuna;
Impacts;
Swordfish;
Marine Region
48
South Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10)
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Marine Region Map
