Science, technology and society initiative to minimise unwanted catches in European fisheries – the MINOUW Project (EU H2020 RIA)
Mafalda
O.
Rangel1*,
Mariana
Anjos1, 2,
Luis
Bentes1,
Teresa
C.
Borges1,
Aida
Campos1, 2,
Margarida
Castro1,
Morritz
Eichert1,
Paulo
Fonseca1, 2,
Miguel
B.
Gaspar1, 2,
Jorge
M.
Gonçalves1,
Helena
Guimarães3,
Ana
Marçalo4,
Lino
Marques1,
Fábio
Pereira2 and
Karim
Erzini1
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1
Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Portugal
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2
Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMAR), Portugal
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3
Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), Landscape Dynamics and Social Processes Group, Portugal
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4
Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Deparment of Biology, Portugal
The catch of unwanted species or unwanted fractions of commercial species (“unwanted catches”) is an increasingly important problem in world fisheries. Unwanted catches are returned dead to the sea in most cases, representing a wasteful use of natural resources. The project MINOUW “Science, technology and society initiative to minimise unwanted catches in European fisheries” is a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) of Europe’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, and addresses the topic “towards a gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries”. The global aim of the project is to minimise unwanted catches by incentivising the use of fishing technologies and practices that reduce pre-harvest mortality and post-harvest discards, while avoiding damage to sensitive marine species and habitats. The project uses a multidisciplinary holistic approach, in order to identify solutions to deal with unwanted catches based in (by order of priority): avoidance, selection and utilization. The solutions identified are being developed and demonstrated in a case-by-case analysis of the main types of European fisheries (bottom trawl, pelagic purse seine, and small scale fleets), using a multi-actor approach aiming at working collaboratively on practical solutions that are technologically feasible, environmentally sustainable and economically viable. This presentation aims to present the MINOUW project, clearly identify its main objectives, thoroughly describe the overall holistic approach, describe the ongoing case studies and their objectives (with emphasis on the Portuguese case studies: Algarve deep-water crustacean fishery; Algarve purse seine and Algarve set nets and traps), and provide an overview of some of the main results obtained so far.
Acknowledgements
MINOUW Project is a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) of Europe's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.
Keywords:
Discard ban,
Unwanted catches,
Discards,
European fisheries,
participatory management approach
Conference:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016, Peniche, Portugal, 14 Jul - 15 Jul, 2016.
Presentation Type:
Poster presentation
Topic:
Fisheries and Management
Citation:
Rangel
MO,
Anjos
M,
Bentes
L,
Borges
TC,
Campos
A,
Castro
M,
Eichert
M,
Fonseca
P,
Gaspar
MB,
Gonçalves
JM,
Guimarães
H,
Marçalo
A,
Marques
L,
Pereira
F and
Erzini
K
(2016). Science, technology and society initiative to minimise unwanted catches in European fisheries – the MINOUW Project (EU H2020 RIA).
Front. Mar. Sci.
Conference Abstract:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016.
doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.04.00026
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Received:
08 Jul 2016;
Published Online:
13 Jul 2016.
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Correspondence:
PhD. Mafalda O Rangel, Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Faro, Faro, 3005-139, Portugal, mafalda.rangel@gmail.com