Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Investigations on fish assemblages in small defined areas in the North Sea to assess the anthropogenic influence on marine ecosystems (e.g. offshore windfarms) 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 Siegfried Ehrich Coordinator email siegfried.ehrich@vti.bund.de
Coordinator institution
TI SF - Thünen-Institute of Sea Fisheries (Germany)
Institutions involved
UOL - University of Oldenburg (Germany) ,
Start year 2001 End year 2013 Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary Since 1987 a bottom fish survey was carried out to monitor changes in fish assemblages in 12 small defined areas of 100 nm2 (boxes) distributed over the whole North Sea. At the same time water temperature, salinity and additionally in only 6 boxes nutrients, sediment and benthic invertebrates were measured or sampled. This small scale and simultaneous sampling of different variables allows the determination of quantitative relationships between fish and benthos. These results are also important as basic input data for a model to manage fisheries by an integrated advice. Furthermore, these data can be used to determine changes in the North Sea fish fauna due to climate change, eutrophication or anthropogenic activities like fisheries, sand and gravel extraction and offshore windfarms. The commercially important bottom fish data can also be used in multispecies assessment models to calculate the total allowable catches within the frame of a sustainable use of the marine resources. Working groups: ICES ACOM Cruises: annually 2 cruises FRV "Walther Herwig III" (GSBTS) and 3 cruises FRV "Solea" (GSBTS and parts of BTS) Participating institutions: Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany; Senckenberg by the Sea, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Keywords
Environmental impact;
Fisheries management;
Fish;
Anthropic activity;
Monitoring;
Impacts;
Fishing mortality;
Marine Region
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Central North Sea (27.IVb)
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Marine Region Map
