Acronym FINE
Category
Fisheries
Title Fisheries-induced Evolution Programme FP6
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP6 - Specific Targeted Research Project
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Research for Policy Support
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Ulf Dieckmann Coordinator email dieckman@iiasa.ac.at
Coordinator institution
IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria)
Institutions involved
NA - Bangor University (United Kingdom) ,
FRS - Fisheries Research Services (United Kingdom) ,
IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (France) ,
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
INRB - National Institute of Biological Resources, IP (Portugal) ,
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain) ,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ,
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (Norway) ,
Thünen Institute - Thunen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (Germany) ,
UiO - University of Oslo (Norway) ,
UCLouvain - Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) ,
WUR - Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2007 End year 2010 Funding (€) € 3,215,812 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/44276 Summary "Fishing is the main cause of death among fish. The pressure this activity exerts on the populations of cod, sole and other fished species has been investigated in the past, but the aspect of genetics has largely been overlooked.
The 'Fisheries-induced evolution' (FINE) project, which received funding from the EU, assembled a multidisciplinary team to take on this challenge. The idea was to use phenotypic and genetic analyses to develop an eco-genetic model capable of describing how fishing changes fish physiology.
The FINE methodology was tested during case studies that examined the fate of exploited fish stocks in waters off Europe and North America. Strong evidence of differences between populations in fished areas versus non-fished areas was uncovered. What is worrisome is that the model indicated that the genetic changes left the fish vulnerable and inhibited stock recovery.
The key finding from FINE was that population thresholds do exist, above which the fishing effect was limited. This information was subsequently exploited to develop fishing management strategies that allow the industry to operate, but at the same time ensure healthy fish populations for generations to come."
Keywords
Sole;
Flatfish;
Fish stocks;
Fish;
Haddock;
Whitefish;
Genetic;
Cod;
Exploitation;
Salmon;
Fisheries management;
Population dynamic;
Fish biology;
Marine Region
27
Bothnian Bay (27.IIId.31)
16
East of Gotland or Gulf of Riga (27.IIId.28)
31
Southwest of Ireland-East (27.VIIj)
44
Spitzbergen and Bear Island (27.IIb)
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
28
Rockall (27.VIb)
39
North of Azores (27.XIIa, 27.XIIb, 27.XIIc)
34
Bay of Biscay offshore (27.VIIId)
11
Celtic Sea South (27.VIIh)
8
Bristol Channel (27.VIIf)
21
Southern Central Baltic-East (27.IIId.26)
20
Archipelago Sea (27.IIId. 29)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
43
Northeast Greenland (27.XIVa)
30
Porcupine Bank (27.VIIc)
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
4
Eastern English Channel (27.VIId)
22
Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
33
Bay of Biscay Southern (27.VIIIc)
26
Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa)
17
Bothnian Sea (27.IIId.30)
12
Bay of Biscay North (27.VIIIa)
19
Gulf of Finland (27.IIId.32)
24
Sound, Belt Sea or Transition Area (27.IIIb,c)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
35
West of Bay of Biscay (27.VIIIe)
40
Azores Grounds (27.Xa, 27.Xb)
32
Southwest of Ireland-West (27.VIIk)
23
Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
18
West of Gotland (27.IIId.27)
37
Southeast Greenland (27.XIVb)
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
10
Celtic Sea North (27.VIIg)
15
Bay of Biscay Central (27.VIIIb)
7
Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
36
Iceland Grounds (27.Va)
25
Faroes Grounds (27.Vb)
9
Western English Channel (27.VIIe)
29
West of Ireland (27.VIIb)
41
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