Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Production process for species-selective bait to prevent by-catch of endangered shark species of sharks in commercial line and tine 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 Øyvind Øverli Coordinator email oyvind.overli@nmbu.no
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2021 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 1,379,100 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/327888 Summary The bait that is currently used for line and seine fishing also attracts protected/threatened species of shark. Preliminary studies on coastal tench fishing for crustaceans have shown that pilot baits from Ecobait do NOT have this property. The project will verify that current bait formulations from Ecobait for large-scale autoline fishing and sea tench also eliminate such bycatch in areas where this challenges the sustainability of fishing. It is obvious that one key chemical stimulus that is important for sharks, but not for bony fish and cartilaginous fish, has been removed in the processing of the Ecobait bait, which is based on otherwise little-used residual raw material from the fishing industry. In order to be able to stably produce bait in a market with changing access to different types of input factors (that is, different types of residual raw material over the season) we need to know more about this factor. However, the biological knowledge base for understanding the very specific characteristics with regard to which species are attracted (i.e. bony fish and crustaceans, but not sharks) is lacking in terms of species-specific preferences in both smell and taste, especially in cartilaginous fish. In the project, we will find the reason for the selective behavior of shark species, in order to then be able to choose raw materials and processes suitable for this. This will be done through basic behavioral experiments to characterize the response of different species to these factors. It is then aimed at large-scale production of bait with optimal effect, to ensure that it works in practical fishing. Ecobait AS has put together a consortium consisting of key industry players who supply raw materials and carry out test fishing on a commercial scale, as well as R&D partners with cutting-edge expertise in analytical chemistry, raw material processing, and behavioral research on fish. These will, among other things, carry out chemical characterization and behavioral studies.
Keywords
Bycatch;
Fish;
Gear selectivity;
Sharks;
Environmental impact;
Purse seine;
Fishing technology;
Gear technology;
Longline fishing;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
0
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