Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Utvikling av et miljøvennlig alternativt agn for kommersielt linefiske - Development of an environmentally friendly alternative bait for commercial line fishing 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 Svein Løkkeborg Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway) ,
Start year 2015 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 807,500 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/245614?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=90&TemaEmne.2=Kunnskapsbasert+n%C3%A6ringsutvikling&source=FORISS&projectId=255767 Summary Longlining is regarded as an environmentally friendly fishing method and possesses several appealing characteristics such as minimal habitat impact, low bycatch of non-commercial species, low energy use and high catch quality. However the bait consumption in the Norwegian longline fishery is high, and the marine resources used as bait are also used for human consumption. This leads to high bait prices and reduced profitability for the longline fleet. The project attempts to solve this problem through the development of an efficient and selective bait based on synthetic chemicals or surplus resources from the fishing industry. The project focuses on identifying resources that contain attractants that trigger food search in the target fish species, and incorporate these feeding attractants into a binder (matrix) that ensures the attractants to be released over a considerable period of time. Baits based on various attractants and binders will be tested in behaviour studies and fishing experiments conducted on board commercial longliners. The project is a joint effort between Institute of Marine Research, Nofima Marin and four companies (Ecobait, Escano, Fiskevegn, Lineagn) that have different approaches to this issue, but share the same objective.
A report has been prepared describing potential marine resources that are not used for human consumption and that can be used as attractants for alternative longline baits. These resources have been evaluated based on criteria such as quantity, availability, cost and chemical composition. The chemical composition of some of these resources has been analysed. The first bait types have been produced, and their physical properties (the ability to stay on the hook during baiting and fishing) tested. The release rates of attractants from these baits have also been measured. The next step in the project will be to conduct behavioural studies to determine responses of cod towards the baits.
Keywords
Waste valorization;
Longline fishing;
Marine Region
44
Spitzbergen and Bear Island (27.IIb)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
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