Skip to main content
European Commission logo print header

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

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.

Call for proposal

Data not available

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)