Blue Bio Database - Database of Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology Projects

The available database comprises research projects in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology active in the time period 2003-2022.
BlueBio is an ERA-NET COFUND created to directly identify new and improve existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market and find new ways of creating value from in the blue bioeconomy.

More information on the BlueBio project and participating funding organizations is available on the BlueBio website: www.bluebioeconomy.eu

Last Update: 2024/06/19

Acronym
Category
	Fisheries
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Programme
Instrument (FP6) Contact Type (FP7) Strand (Interreg)
Theme (FP7) Activity Area (FP6) Regional Area (Interreg) Action (COST)
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Institutions involved
	French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
	National Research Council; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment
	National Research Council; Institute of Marine Sciences
	Spanish Institute of Oceanography
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Summary	Acoustic surveys have been conducted by Member states of EU on a regular basis in several Mediterranean geographical subdivisions (i.e. Iberian Coast, Gulf of Lions, Adriatic Sea, Sicily Strait and Aegean Sea ) during the last decades. All these acoustic surveys operated under a common target which was the estimation of the population abundance of small pelagic fish as well as their spatial distribution per respective surveyed area. Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and sardine (Sardina pilchardus) were the main target species for all surveys. However these surveys have not been internationally coordinated and data have been analysed and presented in diversified ways. Therefore, this project has specific targets aiming to assure the optimization of the design of these acoustic surveys held in the five different geographical areas, promote the compatibility of the acoustic estimations among these areas as well as the compatibility of old and new acoustic data within each area. Optimization of the acoustic surveys design, strongly related to the accuracy of the acoustic estimates; he Target Strength equation used for the target species in each area; The effect of the time of day on the acoustic and biological sampling; The standarisation of a common format for acoustic data and the estimated parameters that would allow a comparable presentation of the data for the requirement of the DCR as well as their integration for common analysis.
Keywords
	Anchovy
	Fish
	Sardine
	Stock assessment
Marine Region
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Central Mediterranean; Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Central Mediterranean; South of Sicily (GSA 16)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Central Mediterranean; Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Eastern Mediterranean; Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Western Mediterranean; Alboran Island (GSA 2)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Western Mediterranean; Algeria (GSA 4)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Western Mediterranean; Balearic Island (GSA 5)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Western Mediterranean; Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Western Mediterranean; Northern Alboran Sea (GSA 1)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Western Mediterranean; Northern Spain (GSA 6)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Western Mediterranean; Southern Alboran Sea (GSA 3)

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