Acronym FISHPOPTRACE
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Fish population structure and traceability Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Small or Medium-Scale Focused Research Project
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
KBBE – Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Specific Programme (FP7)
Cooperation
Funding source European Coordinator Gary R. Carvalho Coordinator email g.r.carvalho@bangor.ac.uk
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
AU - Aarhus University (Denmark) ,
KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) ,
UCM - Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) ,
IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (France) ,
JRC - Joint Research Centre (Belgium) ,
PINRO - Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (Russian Federation) ,
NAGREF - National Agricultural Research Foundation (Greece) ,
ANFACO-CECOPESCA - National Association of Conservatives of Pescados (Spain) ,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ,
NA - Trace Wildlife Forensics Network Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
UNIBO - University of Bologna (Italy) ,
Uni-HB - University of Bremen (Germany) ,
UNIPD - University of Padua (Italy) ,
WDNAS - Wildlife DNA Services Limited (United Kingdom) ,
Start year 2008 End year 2011 Funding (€) € 3,897,418 Website https://fishpoptrace.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ Summary Although exploited fishes have traditionally been managed on a geographic basis, for conservation purposes they should be managed at the population level: the extent and dynamics of population structuring underlies resilience and sustainability. More effective enforcement and conservation demands a focus on identification and monitoring of wild fish populations and traceability of products. FishPopTrace brings together expertise in fish traceability projects (Fish and Chips, FishTrace, FISH-BOL) to: 1.Integrate data from European fish species traceability projects, and to generate a single compatible database and tissue archive managed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission; 2. Examine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and otolith microchemistry and morphometrics in widely distributed populations of cod, hake, herring and sole. Outputs will comprise population-level signatures associated with fish origins in early life and representative spawning groups; 3. Undertake validation of traceability tools in relation to end-user technology; 4. Develop a population monitoring system based on genetic and otolith data that will assess population stability in a temporal and spatial framework; 5. Test the utility of additional novel traceability systems (fatty acid profiles, proteomics, gene expression, microarray platform for SNP genotyping); 6. Facilitate technology transfer in relation to enforcement and conservation policies of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and associated socio-economic consequences. Outputs from FishPopTrace will improve the traceability of fish and fish products and protection of consumer interests through enhanced understanding of the dynamics, temporal stability and distribution of major populations of four key exploited fish species. Central elements of the output will be the development and evaluation of end-user tools, a Cost Benefit Analysis and a final report setting FishPopTrace in the context of the CFP.
Keywords
Fisheries management;
Exploitation;
Fish products;
Traceability;
Sustainability;
Genetic;
Fish stocks;
Marine Region
46
Corsica Island (GSA 8)
70
Malta Island (GSA 15)
8
Bristol Channel (27.VIIf)
39
North of Azores (27.XIIa, 27.XIIb, 27.XIIc)
55
Algeria (GSA 4)
24
Sound, Belt Sea or Transition Area (27.IIIb,c)
53
Northern Spain (GSA 6)
66
Cyprus Island (GSA 25)
40
Azores Grounds (27.Xa, 27.Xb)
15
Bay of Biscay Central (27.VIIIb)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
11
Celtic Sea South (27.VIIh)
57
Southern Alboran Sea (GSA 3)
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
68
South Levant (GSA 26)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
58
Southern Ionian Sea (GSA 21)
26
Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa)
16
East of Gotland or Gulf of Riga (27.IIId.28)
17
Bothnian Sea (27.IIId.30)
75
Northern Tunisia (GSA 12)
33
Bay of Biscay Southern (27.VIIIc)
20
Archipelago Sea (27.IIId. 29)
29
West of Ireland (27.VIIb)
7
Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
48
South Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10)
72
Gulf of Hammamet (GSA 13)
35
West of Bay of Biscay (27.VIIIe)
52
Northern Alboran Sea (GSA 1)
10
Celtic Sea North (27.VIIg)
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
65
North Levant (GSA 24)
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
60
Western Ionian Sea (GSA 19)
50
Sardinia (east) (GSA 11.2)
12
Bay of Biscay North (27.VIIIa)
51
Sardinia (west) (GSA 11.1)
37
Southeast Greenland (27.XIVb)
67
Levant (GSA 27)
19
Gulf of Finland (27.IIId.32)
30
Porcupine Bank (27.VIIc)
4
Eastern English Channel (27.VIId)
54
Balearic Island (GSA 5)
31
Southwest of Ireland-East (27.VIIj)
69
Gulf of Gabes (GSA 14)
28
Rockall (27.VIb)
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
22
Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
71
South of Sicily (GSA 16)
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
56
Alboran Island (GSA 2)
25
Faroes Grounds (27.Vb)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
44
Spitzbergen and Bear Island (27.IIb)
61
Eastern Ionian Sea (GSA 20)
47
Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9)
43
Northeast Greenland (27.XIVa)
9
Western English Channel (27.VIIe)
32
Southwest of Ireland-West (27.VIIk)
21
Southern Central Baltic-East (27.IIId.26)
27
Bothnian Bay (27.IIId.31)
64
Crete Island (GSA 23)
36
Iceland Grounds (27.Va)
18
West of Gotland (27.IIId.27)
34
Bay of Biscay offshore (27.VIIId)
23
Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
69
Marine Region Map
