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 sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriessocial sciencessociologydemographymortalitynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems 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 See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FUNDACION AZTI - AZTI FUNDAZIOA Spain EU contribution No data Address Isla de txatxarramendi s/n Sukarrieta (biskaia) See on map Total cost No data IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer France EU contribution No data Address 29280 Plouzane See on map Total cost No data Institute of Marine Research Norway EU contribution No data Address Nordnesgatan 50 5020 Bergen See on map Total cost No data Instituto de Investigacao das Pescas e do Mar Portugal EU contribution No data Address Avenida 5 de outubro 8700 Olhao See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL BOARD OF FISHERIES Sweden EU contribution No data Address Turistgatan 5 Lysekil See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE Portugal EU contribution No data Address 322,campus de gambelas 8000 Faro See on map Total cost No data