A study to identify, quantify and ameliorate the impacts of static gear lost at sea

Project Information

FANTARED 2

Grant agreement ID: FAIR984338

Project closed

Start date 1 January 1999

End date 31 December 2001

Funded under

• Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of agriculture and fisheries (including agro-industry, food technologies, forestry, aquaculture and rural development), 1994-1998

Total cost € 1 565 026,00

EU contribution € 899 901,00

Coordinated by

Sea Fish Industry Authority
United Kingdom

Objective

This project follows on from work of the study DG-XIV contract 94/95 FAANTARED which assessed the ecosystem impact of "ghost fishing" by bottom set gill nets which had been abandoned or lost, and the impact of these nets on benthic habitats in shallow waters. The project extends these investigations to fisheries operating at depths greater than 40 meters and attempts to quantify the impact of ghost fishing mortality on stocks of commercially important species in the gillnet fisheries considered in the project. The impact of lost traps will also be considered to a limited extent in this project.

Fields of science

• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › fisheries
• social sciences › sociology › demography › mortality
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Programme(s)

• FP4-FAIR - Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of agriculture and fisheries (including agro-industry, food technologies, forestry, aquaculture and rural development), 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 5.2.1 - The effects of fisheries on the environment

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Sea Fish Industry Authority

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: St Andrew's Dock ; HU3 4QE Hull ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (6)

FUNDACION AZTI - AZTI FUNDAZIOA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Isla de Txatxarramendi s/n ; SUKARRIETA (BISKAIA)
• Total cost: No data

IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 29280 Plouzane
• Total cost: No data

Institute of Marine Research

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Nordnesgatan 50 ; 5020 Bergen
• Total cost: No data

Instituto de Investigacao das Pescas e do Mar

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenida 5 de Outubro ; 8700 Olhao
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL BOARD OF FISHERIES

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Turistgatan 5 ; LYSEKIL
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 322,Campus de Gambelas ; 8000 FARO
• Total cost: No data