Acronym SUMMER
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Sustainable management of mesopelagic resources Programme H2020
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 Xabier Irigoien Coordinator email xirigoien@azti.es
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA - BARNA SA (Spain) ,
IRD - French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (France) ,
IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (France) ,
GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (Germany) ,
IMAR - Institute of Marine Research (Portugal) ,
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia) ,
NA - La Rochelle University (France) ,
CNRS - National Centre for Scientific Research (France) ,
NOC - National Oceanographic Center (United Kingdom) ,
NA - SINTEF Ocean (Norway) ,
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain) ,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ,
NA - United Kingdom Research and Innovation
(United Kingdom) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
NA - University of Bremen (Germany) ,
ULPGC - University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) ,
UiO - University of Oslo (Norway) ,
USTAN - University of St Andrews (United Kingdom) ,
NA - University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom) ,
Start year 2019 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 6,623,809 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/817806 Summary The overall objective of SUMMER is to evaluate whether and how mesopelagic resources can be exploited without compromising the essential ecosystem services they provide. The specific objectives of SUMMER are:
1. Determine the best combination of Methods (including submersible broad-band acoustics, environmental DNA (eDNA) and Scientific trawls) to obtain unbiased biomass and biodiversity estimates of the mesopelagic community.
2. Estimate global abundance of mesopelagic fish based on a combination of the developed methods and models.
3. To quantify the bycatch and impact on biodiversity of fishing (WP2).
4. To measure the role of mesopelagic organisms in the vertically integrated Food web, its “service” as food for commercially fished species, deep-sea species and emblematic species and to model the effects of different fishing scenarios on trophic network stability (WP3).
5. To estimate the carbon sequestration due to active migration relative to the gravitational flux and to model the effects of different fishing scenarios (WP4).
6. To explore the potential of mesopelagic organisms for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products, processed human Food and animal feed, and to evaluate the intangible value of the ecosystem for production of high-value products (WP5).
7. To provide a holistic assessment of the services provided by the mesopelagic ecosystem and to establish trade-offs and tipping points between different services under different fishing harvest rates scenarios (WP6).
8. To engage managers, stakeholders and society on defining strategies and Associated risks to use mesopelagic resources, proposing strategies for its sustainability (WP6 and WP7).
Keywords
Bioactive compounds;
Bioprospecting;
Acoustic survey;
Fish biology;
Food web;
Animal feed;
Pharmaceuticals;
Fish;
Human health;
Stock assessment;
Animal welfare;
Nutraceutical substances;
Bycatch;
Fisheries management;
Environmental impact;
Genetic;
Marine Region
4
Eastern English Channel (27.VIId)
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
65
North Levant (GSA 24)
54
Balearic Island (GSA 5)
40
Azores Grounds (27.Xa, 27.Xb)
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
2
Canarias and Madeira Islands (34.1.2)
9
Marine Region Map
