Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Purse seine catch control. Technology innovation for improved sustainability and efficiency in purse seine fishing. 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 Steffen Boga Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
BTO - Bergen Technology Transfer AS (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2015 End year 2017 Funding (€) € 928,000 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/243853?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=30&Organisasjon.3=VESTLANDETS+INNOVASJONSSELSKAP+AS Summary Scientists at the Fish Capture research group of the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) have developed new and innovative technical solutions to improve Purse Seine Catch Control. This project's main goal is to verify, implement and commercialize products and concepts developed at IMR.
The portfolio contains four innovative solutions providing the purse seine fleet with tools to promote efficient and sustainable fishing operations.
Recent research has shown that fish released during the capture process may lead to high mortality in released (or "slipped") fish. Although the rate of slipping in practical fisheries is hard to demonstrate, observations made in the mackerel fisheries in 2011 noted that slipping occurred in about 15% of the catches(Vold et al. 2013).
Fishing authorities in important countries like Norway and Peru have in recent years enforced new regulations with the aim to improve sustainable purse seine fishing. However, the fishermen have no tools in order to fulfill these goals in an economic and sustainable way. This may lead to heavy penalties due to fishing of undersized or wrong species of fish. In addition, increasing catch control also enables vessels to optimize their catch in terms of fish size and species, as the price difference between small and large fish could amount to several millions in one catch.
The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (FHF) has funded several of the underlying projects and verifies that the fishing industry considers catch control to be the most important current prerequisite in order to succeed in conducting a sustainable and profitable fishery.
The global market is estimated at 3690 vessels with combined potential revenue of an estimated 1.1 billion NOK. Before commercialization of the concept the products must be verified and optimized under different fishing conditions. We seek 8.8 million NOK in funding to verify the products and build up a commercialization platform for the concept.
Keywords
Catch;
Engineering;
Fishing technology;
Purse seine;
Vessel technology;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
0
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