Objective North Atlantic cod stocks appear to be overexploited and in a depleted state. A recurrent feature of the declines in abundance has been collapse of the spatial distributions of fish and loss of the distinct sub-stocks. There is evidence that a diverse sub-stock structure is necessary to ensure the long term health and productivity of fish stocks, but maintaining this is not recognised as an objective of current fisheries management.The overall objective of this project is to develop the conceptual and mathematical basis for advising on how fisheries management measures might be framed to conserve or restore not only stock biomass, but also sub-stock diversity. We shall accomplish this by studying, and developing models based on, the cod stocks off Iceland and the west and north of-Scotland. The aim will be to establish the extent of genetic sub-structure in these stocks, how it is maintained, and the extent to which overall population dynamics are dependent on the sub-stocks. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriessocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivityagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal 2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ICELAND EU contribution No data Address Skulagata 4 REYKJAVIK Iceland See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DANISH INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESEARCH Denmark EU contribution No data Address Vejlsoevej 39 SILKEBORG See on map Total cost No data FISHERIES RESEARCH SERVICES United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Victoria Road, 375 ABERDEEN See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITÄT HAMBURG Germany EU contribution No data Address Troplowitzstraße 7 HAMBURG See on map Total cost No data
