Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Research on and development of secondary indicators for commercially exploited fish stocks in the Baltic Sea which are not subject to analytical assessment, in particular flatfish 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 Christian von Dorrien Coordinator email christian.dorrien@ti.bund.de
Coordinator institution
TI-OF - Thünen-Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries (Germany)
Institutions involved
Thünen Institute - Thunen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (Germany) ,
Start year NA End year NA Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary For assessing the status of commercially exploited fish stocks under the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the EU Commission proposes several indicators according to the three criteria exploitation rate, stock size and size structure (Commission Decision 2010/477/EU). It is distinguished between primary and secondary indicators. Primary indicators like fishing mortality (F) or spawning stock biomass (SSB) can be calculated easily for well-assessed fish stocks. Nevertheless, in the Baltic Sea waters there are several commercial fish stocks which are not subject to analytical assessments, such data-limited stocks are in particular flatfish species. For these it is proposed to use secondary indicators as for example harvest ratio and catch per unit effort to assess stock status. The project aims at testing the proposed secondary indicators for applicability and developing further appropriate fish stock indicators, respectively, enabling the evaluation of flatfish stock status in the Baltic Sea with a focus on the German territorial waters.
Keywords
Flatfish;
Stock assessment;
Exploitation;
Indicators;
Fish;
Marine Region
23
Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
24
Sound, Belt Sea or Transition Area (27.IIIb,c)
2
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