Acronym SUBLIMO
Category
Fisheries
Title Biodiversity survey of fish post-larvae in the Western Mediterranean Sea Programme LIFE
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 European Coordinator Philippe LENFANT Coordinator email lenfant@univ-perp.fr
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
UNIV-CORSE - University of Corsica Pascal Paoli (France) ,
Start year 2011 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 1,947,590 Website https://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=4075#AD Summary According to assessments of the Census of Marine Life published in August 2010, the decrease of marine biodiversity is particularly dramatic in the Mediterranean Sea. The causes of biodiversity loss are multiple, but mainly due to human activities. These include: habitat degradation, overexploitation of natural resources, climate change, invasive species and pollution. The SUBLIMO LIFE+ project proposes a new approach to analysing, monitoring and reducing the loss of marine biodiversity. It will seek to identify and estimate the abundance of coastal fish species that return to colonise coastal habitats and renew the local population. One of the main goals is to analyse biodiversity at the post-larvae stage. In the fish life-cycle, the arrival and settlement of pelagically- (open ocean) spawned post-larvae in their permanent habitat is a critical phase, during which over 90% of deaths are due to predation and habitat degradation. The innovative technique proposed by the project is to catch a small number of endangered or over-exploited fish species at the post-larvae stage. The selected species will then be reared at two research centres - one in the Gulf of Lion and the other in Corsica. A key objective is to conserve their natural gene diversity. A few months after their ex situ development, the tank-reared juveniles will be reintroduced into micro-habitats (such as small artificial reefs) to reduce mortality. This will reinforce the populations of endangered or exploited species.
(1) Increase knowledge about marine fish post-larvae: species richness, abundance, date of settlement; (2) Produce an atlas and a database - reintroduce juvenile fish after rearing in aquarium to reduce mortality.
Keywords
Artificial reef;
Life cycle;
Fish biology;
Biodiversity;
Stock enhancement;
Fish;
Marine Region
46
Corsica Island (GSA 8)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
2
Marine Region Map
