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MARIFISH Fast track pilot project meetingWP 7: “Ecosystem Approach of fisheries in the channel”

Extracted mainly from info by Valentin Trujillo (C.O. Vigo), Francisco Sanchez (C.O. Santander) and Enric Massuti (C.O. Baleares)

BRUSSELS, June 27-28, 2007

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH ON FISHERIES

MARIFISH

MEC/IEO partner 16 of Marifish Co-leaders (Iceland) in WP6 (July 07)

Identify current problems in fishery Management (and its connected research)

Select and recommend research topics for pilot projects (Added benefits from coordination)

Focus on the Mediterranean Area

Co-leaders with FR, GR and IRL in WP7 Agree basic principles, common management

procedures - protocols Identify possible pilot project for joint management Develop one (Mediterranean?)

FAST TRACK PILOT PROJECT MEETING

Aim:

Development of management procedures

Pilot Project 1: Ecosystem Approach

IEO: INTEGRATED (ECOSYSTEM) APPROACHLevels

Specific Projects (Ecological Status)

ECOMARG: Cantabrian Sea ECOPREST: Galician Cost IDEA: Mediterranean

Surveys (within Projects)

Studies (ph.D) and Training Courses

PROYECT LEVEL

ECOMARG ECOMARG http://http://www.ecomarg.net/index_en.htmlwww.ecomarg.net/index_en.html

Study of the continental margin ecosystem and the impact of Study of the continental margin ecosystem and the impact of its fisheriesits fisheriesGlobal Objective

Integrated study of the benthic-demersal ecosystem in the Galician and Cantabrian Sea continental margins

Investigate the structure, the components and the dynamic of the Deep-Sea ecosystem (100-1000 m), Identify, study and describe vulnerable marine habitats

Results / Achievements Data base for future integral management models (Ecosyst. Status) Philosophy of the study: ECOPREST Rock-hopper (tren de bolos) banning: Ministerial Order

Methodology Multidisciplinary approach with different research groups Inter-relation and coordination (using trophodynamic metamodels)

PROYECT LEVEL

Project TeamCenter Name Speciality

IEO Santander

Dr. Francisco Sanchez (coordinator)

Fish communities, fisheries impact, ecosystem modeling

Alberto Serrano Communities structure, benthic ecology, fisheries impact

Dr. Ignacio Olaso Trophic habits, trophic ecology, trophodynamic models

Dr Francisco Velasco Demersal fisheries, trophic ecology, bottom trawl surveys

Antonio Punzón Fisheries

 Dra. Izaskun Preciado Trophic ecology, communities structure

Marian Blanco Sampling technics, data base

Roberto Gancedo Equipment, sampling technics Phi

IEO Coruña Santiago Parras Benthos, macroendofauna, communities

Dra. Inmacul. Frutos Suprabenthic communities

IEO Gijón César González Oceanography, circulation, hydrographics models

IEO Madrid Dr. Juan Acosta Geological cartography, submarine morphology, seismic reflexion

María Gómez Multibeam bathymetry, seismic reflexion

SGPM Dra. Araceli Muñoz Multibeam cartography, sediments characterization, geomorphology

CESIC Dr. Joan Cartes Trophic ecology, suprabenthos, biodiversity

Centre National de la Reserche Cientific

Dr. Jean Claude Sorbe

Suprabenthos, benthic communities

ECOMARG ECOMARG http://www.ecomarg.net/index_en.htmlhttp://www.ecomarg.net/index_en.html

Effects of fisheries on the Cantabrian Sea shelf ecosystem (F. Sánchez, I. Olaso)

PROYECT LEVEL

ECOPREST ECOPREST Monitoring the Prestige oil spill impacts on northern Iberian Monitoring the Prestige oil spill impacts on northern Iberian ecosystemecosystem (Sánchez, F., A.Serrano, F. Velasco, S. Parra, I. Frutos and M. Blanco)

Global ObjectiveAssess the possible effects of the Prestige oil spill (POS) to high trophic levels through different shelf communities and their trophic cascade of effects.

Methodology Multidisciplinary approach based Two year Monitoring of benthic and demersal communities Inter-relation and coordination of large team (using trophodynamic metamodels)

ECOPREST ECOPREST Monitoring the Prestige oil spill impacts on northern Iberian Monitoring the Prestige oil spill impacts on northern Iberian ecosystemecosystem (Sánchez, F., A.Serrano, F. Velasco, S. Parra, I. Frutos and M. Blanco)

PROJECT LEVEL

IDEAIDEA http://www.ba.ieo.es/idea/home/home_i.htm

Influence of oceanographic structure and its dynamics on DEmersal populations in waters of the BAlearic Islands

First attempt of a multidisciplinary approach towards

understanding the dynamics of the exploited demersal

ecosystems off Balearic Islands

Objectives: Analyze the spatio-temporal variability in the demersal communities and their

trophic resources Characterize the hydrographic structure and its seasonal and inter-annual variability

PROJECT LEVEL

Objectives:

Study seasonal and annual changes in physiological and biological parameters of demersal species Analyze relationships btw environmental parameters and the seasonal and inter-annual population

dynamics of the demersal resources

PROJECT LEVEL (6)

Results Data Philo Order

SURVEYS HATTON BANK (ECOVUL-ARPA project)

Bottom trawl studies to identify vulnerable bottom ecosystems (fisheries biology, geomorphology, benthonic ecology and sediment studies). NAFO

PLATUXA: Estimation of fish population and biomass distribution of target species (basically American plaice) on the NAFO area. Demographic Structure and oceanographic conditions.

MALVINAS Identification of vulnerable bottom ecosystems and bottom trawl fishing effects on benthonic communities through an integrated approach (Ecosystem approach?)

Data collection on fish captures + improve “Ecological Status” knowledge Benthonic communities description Geological and Acoustic data collection Vulnerable habitats data collection Bird, Mammals and Turtles observation Physical sampling: salinity, temp. and density.

STUDIES and TRAINING

ECOSUMMER (EU Marie Curie Action): Consortium of 8 institutions: 700.000 ETraining on EA for marine resources management to young researchers

Compilation of information on Chapter 24 of The Sea Vol. 14: The Bay of Biscay: the encountering of the Ocean and the ShelfIEO: Alicia Lavín, Luis Valdes, Francisco Sanchez and Pablo AbaunzaIFREMER: André Forest, Jean Boucher, Pascal Lazure, Anne-Marie Jegou

Geography (topography, geology), Meteorology, Hydrology, Water masses circulation, biology of pelagic ecosystem, biology of fishes, Ecosystem trophodynamics, trends and risks of the Bay.

Effects of Ecosystem approach on the analysis of fishing activity: Samplings, statistics and procedures by Hernández, C, et al. 2007

Future DCR

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