Acronym SFEP
Category
Fisheries
Title Swedish Fisheries and Exploitation Patterns: towards a comprehensive characterization of the fine-scale spatiotemporal structure of fishing pressures 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 Valerio Bartolino Coordinator email valerio.bartolino@slu.se
Coordinator institution
SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
Institutions involved
FORMAS - Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Sweden) ,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ,
Start year 2013 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 333,689 Website https://www.slu.se/en/departments/aquatic-resources1/research/sustainable-fishery/swedish-fisheries-exploitation-patterns/ Summary The ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) increasingly requires spatially resolved fisheries data, and suggests the inadequacy of traditionally aggregated landing and effort data to characterize the actual footprint and impact of the fisheries on the ecosystems. We propose to study the spatial distribution of the Swedish trawl fisheries and their associated pressure through integration of multiple sources of information. In an international perspective, the Swedish fishery logbook provides a unique source of spatial fishery information. We will validate the quality and test the accuracy of the self-reported information in the Swedish fishery logbooks, which is generally lacking. Then, we will develop and validate a modelling framework in order to integrate VMS (Vessel Monitoring System) and logbook information on the spatial distribution of the fishing effort. We propose to apply hidden Markov models to the analysis of VMS data, and extend this approach through the use of logbook data to draw more accurate inference about present and past distribution of the fishing effort, also before the implementation of VMS. This framework will also be used to produce high resolution spatial estimates of the catches, including by-catch species. This level of knowledge can be readily applied to improve marine spatial planning and for evaluating fishing impacts within an EAF.
Test and validate Swedish fishery logbook data using independent sources of information and estimate their precision and accuracy. Develop, test and validate an appropriate modelling framework in order to integrate information on the spatial distribution of the fishing effort between VMS and logbook. Characterize the spatial distribution of the fishing effort for those fishing vessels and fisheries not monitored by VMS and back in time to the 1990s. Analysis of the distribution of by-catch and vulnerable species in the demersal trawl fishery in the Skagerrak Identification and temporal persistence of the main fishing grounds for selected species in the Kattegat-Skagerrak.
Keywords
VMS data;
Fish stocks;
Environmental impact;
Fishing effort;
Trawling;
Fisheries management;
Bycatch;
Logbook;
Marine Region
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Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
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Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
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Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
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