FP6 - DEGREE project
Programme: FP 6
Project Title: DEvelopment of fishing Gears with Reduced Effects on the Environment
Acronym: Degree
Duration: 2006-2009
Total Budget : € 3.522.956
Web site: http://www.rivo.dlo.nl/degree/
Summary: Closing established areas to fishing may protect some benthic communities but it may also lead to increased exploitation of more vulnerable components of stock and increase the socio-economic strains on fishery-dependent communities. As an alternative to this approach to environmental protection, DEGREE will:
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Develop new fishing gear (otter trawl, beam trawl, dredges) that reduce the adverse effects on the seabed and benthic communities
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Quantify the potential reduced effect on habitats and benthic communities
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Assess the socio-economic consequences of introducing these gear in established fisheries
Contact person in
ISMAR: a.sala@ismar.cnr.it
Partnership:
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science – CEFAS - United Kingdom
- Fisheries Research Services Marine Laboratory – FRS - United Kingdom
- Institut français de rechereche pour l’exploitation de la mer - IFREMER - France
- Institute of Marine Research - IMR - Norway
- Au Bord Iascaigh Mhara - BIM - Ireland
- Centre for Agriculture Research – Sea Fisheries Department -CLO-DvZ - Belgium
- Danish Institute for Fisheries Research - DIFRES -Denmark
- University of Aberdeen - UNIABDN - United Kingdom
- University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation – Centre for Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources - UOP-CEMARe - United Kingdom
- National Research Council – Institute of Marine Sciences- ISMAR CNR - Italy
