Acronym LOUPE
Category
Fisheries
Title Observation of habitat and associated communities in the context of the Fisheries of the Golf of Cape Breton Programme Nat. Programme (supported by ESIF)
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-European Coordinator Gilles Morandeau Coordinator email Gilles.Morandeau@ifremer.fr
Coordinator institution
IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (France)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2011 End year 2013 Funding (€) € 53,979 Website NA Summary The overall objective is to gather data relating to fisheries from observations related to the tide (catches, discards, costs, loss of equipment ...), supplemented by environmental data (gear instrumented probes RECOPESCA inductive type). Thus, the variables related to the fishing effort will be saved. In addition, a socio-economic questionnaire will be submitted to the fishers. These observations will strengthen those collected under OBSMER. Together, a system of video observation fixed and autonomous, the VECOC (Video Embedded Control and Observation trawl) will be tested. Designed for viewing the behaviour of fishing gear and used in Crozet (campaign Orcasav 2010) on toothfish traps, two VECOC will be used on fishing vessels, one on longlines and the other on the sediment. The video will record the shooting conditions, the behaviour of the gear and the perturbations caused by the gear on the bottom. This system will improve the knowledge of the habitats and species present, including those not captured. LOUPE is complementary project SYNTAX filed with the Aquitaine region.
The program was based on observations of the fishing métiers and strategies. The objective of the LOUPE program was to collect different data at sea (on coastal boats): fishing effort and catches, discarding reasons, costs and incomes by fishing trips, crew composition, sharing turnover and also undersea pictures. The quantitative and qualitative observation of the discards was not based on a stratified sampling plan but relied on opportunity. The goal was also to develop knowledge of the fishing pressure and impact exerted on marine ecosystems, and to examine how observational data at sea may contribute to the observation of marine communities. During the fishing trips, all fish and commercial invertebrates were identified, counted and measured; individual weights were registered by direct weighing or determined by the length-weight relationship; data on the fishing trip and fishing operations such as geographical positions, date, fishing time, type of gear and its characteristics, target species and fishing depth were collected as well. The observer also registered whether fish were released alive. Some economic information, such as costs and revenues of the fishing trip, the fishermen's share in the catch, and selling place, was also collected on board by simply asking the fishermen.
Keywords
Economy;
Physical disturbance;
Environmental impact;
Discard;
Catch;
Marine Region
15
Bay of Biscay Central (27.VIIIb)
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