Acronym KOUPONIA
Category
Fisheries
Title Study of fishing viability of Argolikos Gulf 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 Kostas Kapiris Coordinator email kkapir@hcmr.gr
Coordinator institution
HCMR - Hellenic Center for Marine Research (Greece)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2007 End year 2008 Funding (€) € 169,199 Website NA Summary This research, for the first time, is an attempt to obtain knowledge on the state of fish stocks, but also on the nature and magnitude of the problems faced by coastal fishermen in the bay of Argolis (which makes up 96% of the registered fishing fleet), whereas then the efficiency and sustainability of the industry in this region. In the frame of this project environmental data have been collected in combination with a lot of fishery data obtained by all the fishing gears acted on this gulf. Some differences between the small scale fishery and the median one have been pointed out and some additional management measures have been proposed.
This project aims help to the fishery management, to control the conditions of access and the promotion of technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Argolikos Gulf . Particular emphasis has been given to specific marine areas with specific characteristics (e.g. breeding concentration areas, young individuals' concentration areas). All the data concerning the fleet in the studied area have been collected regarding their characteristics, the fishing gears and their activities, All the catch historic data concerning the landings have been also collected (fishing effort of various gears, socioeconomics data). Seasonal experimental surveys have been obtained using small scale fishery and the median one, trawlers. These data in conjunction with environmental data will serve as a tool to discuss the prospects of viability of the Argolikos Gulf in the future.
Keywords
Trawling;
Small scale fisheries;
Fisheries management;
Marine Region
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Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
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Marine Region Map
