Acronym JOIFISH/Lot7
Category
Fisheries
Title Joint data collection between the fishing sector and the scientific community in the North Sea 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 C. Darby Coordinator email chris.Darby@cefas.co.uk
Coordinator institution
CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (United Kingdom)
Institutions involved
NA - Danish Fishermen's Association (Denmark) ,
DIFRES - Danish Institute for Fisheries Research (Denmark) ,
FRS - Fisheries Research Services (United Kingdom) ,
IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (France) ,
CNPMEM - National Committee for Maritime Fisheries and Marine Farming (France) ,
NA - Productschap Vis (Netherlands) ,
SWFPA - Scottish White Fish Producers Association Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
NFFO - The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (United Kingdom) ,
WUR-IMARES - Wageningen University and Research; Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2007 End year 2009 Funding (€) € NA Website https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/maritimeforum/en/node/1082 Summary Good management of fisheries requires sound scientific advice, which again requires a platform of good quality data on the fish stocks and fisheries. In recent years the quality of this data for many European stocks has been questioned from both within the scientific community as well as from the fishing industry. Most of the data currently used is collected through monitoring programmes such as biological surveys, sampling and EU logbooks, but there is also much information generated by the industry itself although not necessarily systematically or in a way that makes it directly usable for the production of scientific advice.
This study aims to bring scientists and industry together in improving the quality of the data available for advice, through exploring systematic scientific use of industry generated data and joint data collection programmes – while at the same time extending the current efforts to build an atmosphere of collaboration between scientists and fishermen.
Keywords
Stock assessment;
Fish stocks;
Fisheries management;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
3
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