Acronym DEFINEIT
Category
Fisheries
Title Developing fisheries management indicators and targets Programme International Cooperation
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-European Coordinator Anna Rindorf Coordinator email ar@aqua.dtu.dk
Coordinator institution
DTU-AQUA - Technical University of Denmark; National Institute of Aquatic Resources (Denmark)
Institutions involved
CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (United Kingdom) ,
IME - Department of Environmental and Business Economics (Denmark) ,
IC - Imperial College London (United Kingdom) ,
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
MRI - Marine Research Institute (Iceland) ,
NA - National Research Council - Institute of Marine Engineering (Italy) ,
KU - University of Copenhagen (Denmark) ,
USTAN - University of St Andrews (United Kingdom) ,
WUR-IMARES - Wageningen University and Research; Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2009 End year 2012 Funding (€) € 2,600,000 Website https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/metadata/projects/developing-fisheries-management-indicators-and-targets Summary The DEFINEIT project aims to produce the tools needed to determine the optimal economic level of exploitation of European marine fish resources. As marine ecosystems consist of many species affecting each other in complex ways, estimating the optimal exploitation level requires advanced mathematical models. These models showe the response of the ecosystem to different levels of fishing. However, there are other considerations to take into account than the maximisation of yield when managing marine ecosystems. The exploitation of the ecosystem must be kept at a level which ensures not only maximum long term yield but also that susceptible species are not affected beyond what is biologically sustainable. Further, the marine environment today, like other areas, is affected by global warming. Therefore, predicting future yields must take account of changes in the dynamics of the ecosystem caused by changes in climatic conditions.
To reach the aim, the DEFINEIT project constructs mathematical models of fish stock dynamics which explicitly take account of species interactions, climatically induced ecosystem changes and exploitation. These models are combined with economical models to predict the fishing effort require to reach the optimal yield. Geographically, the models cover a wide geographic area ranging from the Barents Sea to the Mediterranean.
Keywords
Indicators;
Fisheries management;
Exploitation;
Marine Region
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
36
Iceland Grounds (27.Va)
7
Marine Region Map
