Acronym IMPLEMED
Category
Fisheries
Title Improving the selectivity of trawl gears in the Mediterranean Sea to advance the sustainable exploitation pattern of trawl fisheries Programme DG MARE
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 European Coordinator Mario Sbrana Coordinator email sbrana@cibm.it
Coordinator institution
CIBM - Consorzio per il Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata (Italy)
Institutions involved
COISPA - COISPA Technology and Research (Italy) ,
IOF - Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (Croatia) ,
CNR - National Research Council (Italy) ,
Nisea - NISEA Società Cooperativa (Italy) ,
IEO - Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain) ,
CSIC-ICM - Spanish National Research Council; Institut de Ciències del Mar (Spain) ,
Start year 2017 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 499,995 Website NA Summary The main objective of the study is to test selectivity devices (with particular focus on the T9Û and sorting grids), aimed at improving the exploitation pattern and reducing discard rates of regulated species, as well as non-commercial species, in trawl fisheries
Keywords
Trawling;
Fishing technology;
Gear selectivity;
Bycatch;
Environmental impact;
Marine Region
69
Gulf of Gabes (GSA 14)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
68
South Levant (GSA 26)
67
Levant (GSA 27)
53
Northern Spain (GSA 6)
51
Sardinia (west) (GSA 11.1)
65
North Levant (GSA 24)
54
Balearic Island (GSA 5)
58
Southern Ionian Sea (GSA 21)
50
Sardinia (east) (GSA 11.2)
71
South of Sicily (GSA 16)
60
Western Ionian Sea (GSA 19)
75
Northern Tunisia (GSA 12)
70
Malta Island (GSA 15)
57
Southern Alboran Sea (GSA 3)
48
South Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10)
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
61
Eastern Ionian Sea (GSA 20)
56
Alboran Island (GSA 2)
46
Corsica Island (GSA 8)
72
Gulf of Hammamet (GSA 13)
52
Northern Alboran Sea (GSA 1)
47
Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9)
64
Crete Island (GSA 23)
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
66
Cyprus Island (GSA 25)
55
Algeria (GSA 4)
28
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