Projects Areas
Open projects:
FISHREG data collection and data quality work in the context of the EU Data Collection Framework (DCF) for the Common Fisheries Policy. Dedicated data collection web site.
Past projects:
CAFE stands for Capacity, F and Effort. The EU's Common Fisheries Policy aims at matching European fleet capacity to resource availability. It has been widely assumed that reducing fleet catching capacity and limiting fishing effort will reduce fishing mortality, but the scientific basis for this assumption is not fully established. The FP6 CAFE project carried out a comprehensive study of capacity and effort metrics and modelled their relationships to fishing mortality, and the economic drivers for capacity development.
MSFD-FISH
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) sets the overall goal of achieving good environmental status (GES) for Europe's Seas by 2020. To determine GES, 11 qualitative indicators were chosen. FISHREG, in collaboration with ICES, coordinated work for the definition, selection and application of indicators for Descriptor 3, concerning populations of all commercially exploited fish. MSFD is the environmental pillar of the EU's new Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP). See this technical report for a summary of the results of the Task Group of experts for Descriptor 3.