Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Migration ecology of fishes for improved fisheries management in South Africa Programme International Cooperation
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 Tor Fredrik Næsje Coordinator email tor.naesje@nina.no
Coordinator institution
NINA - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2014 End year 2016 Funding (€) € 115,790 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/234020?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0&ProgAkt.3=SANCOOP-South%20Africa%20-%20Norway%20research%20co-operation%20on%20climate%2C%20the%20environment%20og%20clean%20energy Summary In South Africa, many fish species important to subsistence, small-scale commercial and/or recreational fisheries are overexploited, and the stocks of many have collapsed. This threatens the sustainability of these fishery sectors and the livelihoods of the fishers. The failure of management measures to protect these overexploited species can, in part, be attributed to insufficient knowledge of their movement behaviour and distribution patterns, and population dynamics. Building on the outputs of the esta blished collaborative team of South African and Norwegian researchers, this study aims to describe the behavioural ecology, large-scale movement and distribution patterns of the adults of four overexploited fish species to improve the management of these species. In so doing, this study will investigate the potential environmental and reproductive drivers of migration and provide information on how these environmental factors influence species interactions, behaviour and population structure. Since the studied species form important components in the subsistence, small-scale commercial and recreational fisheries in South Africa, the results of this study, together with available knowledge, will provide important information on the sustainable management of these species. The outputs of the study will provide new, high quality, scientific information for policy-making, improved management of these species, and resource security for the fishers and fisheries that depend on these resources. Ultimately, the purpose of this study is to achieve scientific excellence, human capacity development relevant to the thematic area Environment and Climate Change Impacts on Society in the Framework document, specifically focusing on capacity building of females in South Africa and Norway and historically previously disadvantaged groups in South Africa.
Keywords
Small scale fisheries;
Fish biology;
Fish;
Recreational fisheries;
Population dynamic;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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