Acronym SARDONE
Category
Fisheries
Title Improving assessment and management of small pelagic species in the Mediterranean Programme FP6
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP6 - Specific Targeted Research Project
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Research for Policy Support
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Enrico Arneri Coordinator email enrico.arneri@fao.org
Coordinator institution
CNR-ISMAR - National Research Council; Institute of Marine Sciences (Italy)
Institutions involved
NA - Azti (Spain) ,
IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (France) ,
NA - National Research Council - Institute of Marine Engineering (Italy) ,
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain) ,
Start year 2007 End year 2010 Funding (€) € 2,265,244 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/44294/it Summary Sardone Project is aimed at developing a series of tools to better understand stock assessment and fishery management of small pelagic fish resources (anchovy and sardine) of the Mediterranean.
(1) Characterization of essential habitats for juvenile small pelagic fish in the Mediterranean in relation to oceanographic and topographic characteristics; (2) Advancement and harmonization of acoustic methods for the estimation of the abundance of juvenile fish as a means of predicting recruitment and improving adaptive management of the stocks; (3) Assessment of the effects of fisheries on postlarval stages on the dynamics of the stocks; (4) Improvement, through a comparative approach, of the understanding of the biotic and abiotic agents that control late-larval/juvenile growth and feeding rates and consequently the recruitment strength; (5) Define and improve the selectivity of existing towed gears used to catch small pelagic fishes in the Mediterranean; (6) Improvement of current stock assessment in the Mediterranean by transfer of know-how from the Atlantic and case applications of suitable assessment methods integrating data from direct surveys and catch-at-age estimates.
Keywords
Fish;
Fishing mortality;
Gear selectivity;
Acoustic survey;
Fish habitat;
Sardine;
Fish biology;
Anchovy;
Fishing technology;
Environmental impact;
Stock assessment;
Nursery area;
Marine Region
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
3
Marine Region Map
