SHELF EDGE FISHERIES AND OCEANOGRAPHY STUDY

Objective

The study will concentrate on the distributions and migrations of the five commercially important fish species (mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting, hake and herring) near the shelf edge, from Portugal to Norway, and their relationship with the oceanography of this area. Particular attention will be paid to modelling circulation, especially the shelf edge current. A survey will be conducted mostly to determine the distributions of the different life history stages of the study species along the shelf edge.

Hydrographic data will be collected to allow the development of an expanded and refined model of the shelf edge current.

The results should significantly enhance our understanding of the mechanisms controlling fish distributions, and therefore the effects of any environmental changes and related directly to stock management questions.

Programme(s)

• FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 132 - Modelling

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department

Address

Victoria Road
AB11 9DB Aberdeen
United Kingdom

Participants (12)

AZTI-SIO DPT RECURSOS PESQUEROS

Spain

Address

Txatxarramendi Irla Z/g
48395 Sukarrieta - Biskaia

BIOLOGISCHE ANSTALT HELGOLAND

Germany

Address

Notkestrasse 31
W2000 Hamburg

INST. ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA

Spain

Address

Avenida De Brasil 31
28020 Vigo

INST. HIDROGRAFICO

Portugal

Address

Rua Das Trinas 49
1296 Lisboa

INST. OF MARINE RESEARCH

Norway

Address

P.o. Box 1870
5024 Bergen

INST. PORTUGUES DE INVESTIGACAO MARITIMA

Portugal

Address

Avenida Brasilia
1400 Lisboa

Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)

France

Address

Station De Sete 155 Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau
92138 Issy-les-moulineaux

NERC Centre of Coastal and Marine Sciences

United Kingdom

Address

Prospect Place West Hoe
PL1 3DH Plymouth

RIVO - DLO

Netherlands

Address

Postbus 68
1970 AB Ijmuiden

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GALWAY

Ireland

Address

PLI 2PB Galway

UNIVERSITÄT HAMBURG

Germany

Address

Moorweidenstraße 18
2000 Hamburg

École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris

France

Address

60 Boulevard Saint Michel
75272 Paris