Objective OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS In the large. socio-economically important, Mediterranean marine fishery for the Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) the determination of sex and gonadal maturity of fishes at capture are important requisites for stock assessment and the controlled regulation of the fishery. This fishery accounts for a yearly financial turnover of well over 300 million EURO within the combined fisheries of the EU.In many cases sex determination and gonadal maturity of the swordfish cannot be determined due to the lack of external sexual dimorphisms between the sexes or the catch is either "gutted" at sea making sex and gonadal maturation determinations on the landing of the catch impossible. Therefore this data is mainly lacking from present stock assessment exercises. The use of fisheries observers "on board" may be both costly, time-consuming and ineffective when major invasive sampling is forbidden by the fishermen due to the high market value of intact fish. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheries 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 1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator UNIVERSITAT HEINRICH-HEINE DUSSELDORF EU contribution No data Address Universitaetsstrasse 1 DUSSELDORF Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA Spain EU contribution No data Address Puerto Pesquero s/n Apartado 285 FUENGIROLA (MALAGA) See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution No data Address Panepistimiopolis Ilisia ATHENS See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BARI Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Giovanni Amendola 165/A BARI See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Western Bank SHEFFIELD See on map Total cost No data
