MANTIS - Marine protected Areas: Network Towards Sustainable Fisheries in the Central Mediterranean IRBIM Mazara (DTA.AD002.178)
Thematic area
Earth system science and environmental technologies
Project area
Gestione sostenibile ed efficiente delle risorse naturali, degli ecosistemi e della biodiversità (DTA.AD002)Structure responsible for the research project
Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (IRBIM)
Other structures collaborating in the research project
Project manager
FABIO FIORENTINO
Phone number: 0923948966
Email: fabio.fiorentino@iamc.cnr.it
Abstract
Summary of the action: Demersal stocks in the Mediterranean are affected by overfishing and a poor exploitation pattern with high juveniles fishing mortality and high production of discards. To improve this status the Common Fishery Policy foresees the implementation of an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) whilst ensuring that exploitation rates of living marine biological resources are able to restore and maintain populations of harvested species above levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield (MSY). To increase the productivity of the stocks and their profitability, a key requirement is to rebuild the size- and age-structure of exploited populations by shifting the size of rst capture towards larger sizes. However, in the case of the trawl fishery, a noticeable increase in the mesh size of the cod-end would be required to substantially increase the size at first capture of species like hake and red mullet. This could led to negative implications on the catch rate of associated small-sized commercial species (e.g. shrimps). A possible management alternative is the reduction of the mortality rate of juveniles by protecting the areas/habitats were
Goals
da completare
Start date of activity
15/12/2015
Keywords
mantis
Last update: 19/04/2024