Objective The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) requires the progressive implementation of an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management (EBFM), including measures to 'limit the environmental impact of the CFP'. EBFM requires that managers take account of a wide range of fisheries impacts when setting objectives and attempts to meet these objectives will need to be supported by reliable scientific advice and effective management decision- making.Indicators can support the decision making process by:(1) describing the pressures affecting the ecosystem, the state of the ecosystem and the response of managers,(2) tracking progress towards meeting management objectives and(3) communicating trends in complex impacts and management processes to a non-specialist audience.The project 'Indicators for fisheries MAnaGement in Europe' (IMAGE) seeks to develop an operational framework of candidate indicators to support ecosystem-based fisheries management, to elaborate these indicators into comprehensive dashboards to support management decision making, to develop methodology to integrate this information into tools supporting the decision making process, to develop a framework that can evaluate management strategies based on indicators, and to test their applicability in regional case studies, taking into account the diversity of the fishery systems in Europe.The application of indicators in management systems requires that they are understood by, and therefore accessible to, stakeholders and a major focus of the project will be to engage stakeholders through the emerging Regional Advisory Councils (RAC). IMAGE will thus support the development of an effective EBFM in the context of the CFP, while also contributing to the applied science needed to support the emerging European Marine Strategy and Maritime Policy. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriessocial sciencessociologydemographymortalitynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES-1.3 - The modernisation and sustainability of fisheries policies Call for proposal FP6-2005-SSP-5-A See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK Address Costerweg 50 9101 Wageningen Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 155 rue jean jacques rousseau Issy-les-moulineaux See on map DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK) Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Anker engelunds vej 1 Kgs. lyngby See on map Links Website Opens in new window AALBORG UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Frederik bajers vej 5 Aalborg See on map Links Website Opens in new window COISPA TECNOLOGIA & RICERCA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via dei trulli n°18 Bari See on map ESTONIAN MARINE INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF TARTU Estonia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mäealuse 10a Tallinn See on map Links Website Opens in new window THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS ACTING THROUGH THE CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Pakefield road Lowestoft See on map Links Website Opens in new window
