Objective
The objectives are to develop improved methods for measurement and monitoring of fishing effort and to investigate the influence of gear parameters on fishing capacity. Fishing methods studied will include other trawl, beam trawl, pair trawl, Scottish seine and Danish anchor seine. The target species investigated will include cod, haddock, whiting sole, plaice and nephrops. The area of study will be ICES subdivisions IVb and Ivc.
National surveys will be carried out in Belgium, Denmark, England and Scotland of the towed gears most commonly used. Fleets will be subdivided on the basis of fishing method horsepower and gear size. One representative vessel and gear will be selected from each subgroup and full scale instrumental trials carried out measuring towing speed, geometry of different parts of the gear and gear towing resistance. This will enable calculation of parameters such as swept area, swept volume and gear horse power. Approximately 45 subgroups will be studied. Gear performance data will be collated with the catch and effort date for the different fleet subgroups as recorded in National Fisheries Departments databases. Both current and relevant historic landings data will be analyzed. National data will be pooled and a detailed statistical analysis will be made of relationships between vessel capacity parameters (horsepower, tonnage etc.) gear design parameters (power required to tow the gear, volume swept by trawl, seabed area swept by ropes etc.) and fishing power parameters (catch rate for given species and quarter of the year, average time fishing per quarter etc.).The results should contribute significantly in making more accurate assesments of fishing effort in North Sea fisheries and in identifying management measures for effectively controling effort.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries fisheries
- natural sciences computer and information sciences databases
- natural sciences mathematics pure mathematics geometry
You need to log in or register to use this function
We are sorry... an unexpected error occurred during execution.
You need to be authenticated. Your session might have expired.
Thank you for your feedback. You will soon receive an email to confirm the submission. If you have selected to be notified about the reporting status, you will also be contacted when the reporting status will change.
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Data not available
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
9850 HIRTSHALS
Denmark
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.