Acronym ORPAM II
Category
Fisheries
Title Network observatory for the Fisheries and Marine environment of Macaronesia - Phase II Programme Interreg III
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
Strand B
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Canarias/Madeira/Acores
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator João MJ Melo Coordinator email joao.mj.melo@azores.gov.pt
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA - Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Recursos Naturais - Direção Regional de Pescas (Portugal) ,
ULPGC - University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) ,
Start year 2000 End year 2006 Funding (€) € 535,895 Website https://keep.eu/projects/10850/Joint-Observatory-of-Fisher-EN/ Summary ORPAM – Phase 2: This 2nd phase of the ORPAM Project has as its general objective to foster the cooperation of Macaronesian research institutions that develop activities applied to fisheries (in the field of biology and oceanography). In addition, it was intended to standardize methodologies and ensure greater
inter-regional and inter-institutional consistency in terms of ecological and environmental monitoring, acquisition, exchange and analysis of information, research, advice and support in the management of fishery resources.
The project had the following objectives:
1. Studies of fishing resources (Azores - Madeira) focused on limpets, since it is the coastal resource with the most problems in terms of management and commercial exploitation;
2. Research campaigns for the marking of demersal species (Azores - Madeira);
3. Study of the biology of demersal and pelagic fish in Madeira, and of small pelagics of the Azores;
4. Studies on oceanic surface variability (Azores - Madeira - Canary Islands);
5. Monitorization of commercial fishing activities;
6. Publication of several scientific studies.
Keywords
Fish;
Fish biology;
Population structure;
Fishing effort;
Fisheries management;
Monitoring;
Marine Region
40
Azores Grounds (27.Xa, 27.Xb)
2
Canarias and Madeira Islands (34.1.2)
2
Marine Region Map
