Acronym URSIN
Category
Fisheries
Title Development of a method for long term spatially resolved management of the herring fishery in the North Sea and IIIa taking the migration of the primary herring stocks, the fishery pattern and by-catch of mackerel into consideration 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 Lotte Worsøe Clausen Coordinator email law@aqua.dtu.dk
Coordinator institution
DTU-AQUA - Technical University of Denmark; National Institute of Aquatic Resources (Denmark)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2009 End year 2011 Funding (€) € NA Website https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/projects/development-of-a-method-for-long-term-spatially-resolved-manageme Summary The overall objective is to develop a tool to create long-term management plans for the two main herring stocks in the North Sea and IIIa, which may allow the industry an optimum use of the population under safe conditions relating to population maintenance and catch of mackerel. The project will further develop, test and optimize a method for the quantification and prediction of herring stock spatial distribution in relation to life stages that is based on existing methods. This quantification of the migration patterns will provide more solid understanding of population development under various conditions. Moreover, the method will include a modelling of the herring fleet behaviour, allowing for merging of herring spatial distribution in relation to life stage and hence potential economic value of fishing pattern. The historical and current behaviour of the herring fleets will be quantified in collaboration with the industry. Similarly, mackerel skull occurrence will be mapped as it is of great importance for the herring fleet behaviour, due to the economic incentives to minimize this by-catch. The objective of the project is to generate a scientifically based tool for prediction of utilization of herring that can be used in future scientific advice to management, and information on optimal harvest strategies for the fishery in collaboration with the fishing industry. This is partly to increase the transparency and credibility of the scientific work and increase security in the input data and thus reduce uncertainty in the advice given in the end. Collaboration with industry includes Pelagic PO, Skagen PO and Esbjerg Fishermen and covers all types of fishing for herring (both industrial and human consumption).
Keywords
Herring;
Fisheries management;
Bycatch;
Mackerel;
Environmental impact;
Fish biology;
Fish;
Life cycle;
Marine Region
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
2
Marine Region Map
