Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Mitigation of incidental catches of Cetaceans in EU waters Programme European Parlament - DG IPOL
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 NA Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
USTAN - University of St Andrews (United Kingdom)
Institutions involved
NA - Irish Sea Fisheries Board (Ireland) ,
Start year 2009 End year 2010 Funding (€) € NA Website https://www.ascobans.org/en/document/mitigation-incidental-catches-cetaceans-eu-waters-european-parliament-study-ipbpechic2009 Summary The aim of the study is to assess EU policy on the mitigation of incidental catches of cetaceans in EU waters, focussing primarily on harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Specifically the study will provide: (1) A description of the status and the incidental and accidental catches of the above mentioned species in EU waters; (2) An assessment of the outcome of Regulation (CE) 812/2004; (3) An assessment of the outcome of Directive 92/43/EEC on the above mentioned species in EU waters.
Keywords
Cetaceans;
Bycatch;
Whale;
Fishery policy;
Dolphins;
Environmental impact;
Marine Region
53
Northern Spain (GSA 6)
30
Porcupine Bank (27.VIIc)
1
Northern Oceanic (34.2)
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
34
Bay of Biscay offshore (27.VIIId)
71
South of Sicily (GSA 16)
51
Sardinia (west) (GSA 11.1)
21
Southern Central Baltic-East (27.IIId.26)
17
Bothnian Sea (27.IIId.30)
40
Azores Grounds (27.Xa, 27.Xb)
32
Southwest of Ireland-West (27.VIIk)
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
60
Western Ionian Sea (GSA 19)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
73
Azov Sea (GSA 30)
4
Eastern English Channel (27.VIId)
64
Crete Island (GSA 23)
36
Iceland Grounds (27.Va)
25
Faroes Grounds (27.Vb)
2
Canarias and Madeira Islands (34.1.2)
44
Spitzbergen and Bear Island (27.IIb)
39
North of Azores (27.XIIa, 27.XIIb, 27.XIIc)
75
Northern Tunisia (GSA 12)
68
South Levant (GSA 26)
46
Corsica Island (GSA 8)
61
Eastern Ionian Sea (GSA 20)
12
Bay of Biscay North (27.VIIIa)
59
Black Sea (GSA 29)
11
Celtic Sea South (27.VIIh)
65
North Levant (GSA 24)
57
Southern Alboran Sea (GSA 3)
55
Algeria (GSA 4)
66
Cyprus Island (GSA 25)
15
Bay of Biscay Central (27.VIIIb)
43
Northeast Greenland (27.XIVa)
52
Northern Alboran Sea (GSA 1)
16
East of Gotland or Gulf of Riga (27.IIId.28)
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
3
Marocco coast (34.1.1)
19
Gulf of Finland (27.IIId.32)
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
24
Sound, Belt Sea or Transition Area (27.IIIb,c)
8
Bristol Channel (27.VIIf)
9
Western English Channel (27.VIIe)
33
Bay of Biscay Southern (27.VIIIc)
7
Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
54
Balearic Island (GSA 5)
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
10
Celtic Sea North (27.VIIg)
37
Southeast Greenland (27.XIVb)
28
Rockall (27.VIb)
35
West of Bay of Biscay (27.VIIIe)
22
Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
70
Malta Island (GSA 15)
26
Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa)
48
South Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10)
27
Bothnian Bay (27.IIId.31)
72
Gulf of Hammamet (GSA 13)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
20
Archipelago Sea (27.IIId. 29)
58
Southern Ionian Sea (GSA 21)
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
31
Southwest of Ireland-East (27.VIIj)
50
Sardinia (east) (GSA 11.2)
47
Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9)
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
23
Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
67
Levant (GSA 27)
18
West of Gotland (27.IIId.27)
56
Alboran Island (GSA 2)
29
West of Ireland (27.VIIb)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
69
Gulf of Gabes (GSA 14)
63
Marmara Sea (GSA 28)
75
Marine Region Map
