Acronym C-Bass
Category
Fisheries
Title Population studies in support of the conservation of the European sea bass 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 Ewan Hunter Coordinator email ewan.hunter@cefas.co.uk
Coordinator institution
CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (United Kingdom)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2013 End year 2017 Funding (€) € 436,832 Website http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=2&ProjectID=18963 Summary The project will establish a clear spatial picture of the fishing pressures on bass, and how fishing mortality is generated by the distribution and movements of the fish relative to fishing pressure zones. The project will develop models incorporating aspects of behaviour relative to fishing pressure zones, to provide a tool for exploring a range of conservation measures at both the domestic and international level.
Goal:
The project will map spatial fishery pressures and evaluate the relative benefits of different approaches to keep fishing mortality within sustainable limits, and identify uncertainties and data gaps affecting the ability to predict the benefits of conservation measures. It will develop a large-scale programme of tagging, involving recreational anglers, to be carried out in parallel with the release of 100 mature bass tagged with electronic data storage tags to identify patterns of bass movements within and between inshore and offshore fishery pressure zones. It will develop spatial, individual-based models to assess conservation strategies for sea bass. Consideration will also be given to the applicability of the modelling approaches developed for bass, to other key species such as grey mullet, black bream and gilthead bream which are of importance for recreational sea-angling.
Keywords
Grey mullet;
Population dynamic;
Environmental impact;
Fish;
Fishing mortality;
Seabream;
Seabass;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
26
Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
7
Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
5
Marine Region Map
