Workshop with long-line skippers from Peniche (Portugal):
Our partners from Universidade de Coimbra, DATAFISHTS and CETMAR have carried out a workshop with longline fishermen from the port of Peniche (Portugal). Several vessels from the local fishing organization, CAPA, will collaborate with REDUCE to perform trials of Electronic Monitoring Systems for the automatic identification of ETPs bycatch.
14th of March, 2025: “Seabird bycatch – hopeful solutions meet a grim reality”.
Ross Wanless (University of Barcelona – REDUCE) Abstract In 1988, Nigel Brothers was invited aboard to help fix a Japanese tuna longline skipper’s “seabird problem”. When he scaled up the dozen-or-so birds caught on that one trip to the global fleet, he inadvertently broke open an entirely new sub-discipline for fisheries. The scale of bycatch, and […]
14th of February, 2025: “Development of a Control Rule for the Bycatch of Common Dolphin in the Bay of Biscay Based on a Stochastic Surplus Production Model”.
Matthieu Authier (Research Engineer from the Delmoges Project – CIBBRiNA) Abstract Managing human activities, which can result in additional mortality on many marine Protected, Endangered or Threatened Species (PETS) is key to reach the ambitious set out by the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy. By-catch, the undesirable and non-intentional catch of non-target species in marine fisheries, […]
10th of January, 2025: “First exploratory vulnerability assessment of data-poor deep-sea sharks in the Azores”.
Nicolás Collazo Jiménez (Universidade dos Açores, Marine Beacon) Abstract This talk will present an assessment of the vulnerability of Deania profundorum and Deania calcea to demersal longline fisheries in the Azores Archipelago, where these deep-sea sharks remain bycatch despite the EU catch prohibition. Using the EASI-Fish methodology, we estimated fishing mortality (F) based on the overlap of […]
13th of December, 2024: “Community structure and hotspots of endangered species bycatch in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery in the Atlantic Ocean”.
David Kaplan and Clara Lerebourg (IRD, REDUCE) Abstract We present an overview of bycatch in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries as well as preliminary results on the community structure and spatial distribution of major PS bycatch species. After presenting a general overview of PS bycatch, we identify the species most caught by French purse seiners. We […]
8th of November, 2024: “Encouraging Voluntary Uptake of Selective Fishing Gear: Insights from the Dutch Demersal Fishery”.
Nathalie Steins and Marloes Kraan (CIBBRiNA) Abstract. For decades, the challenge of increasing the selectivity of fishing gear has been at the forefront of efforts to make fishing more sustainable. Despite proven innovations, voluntary uptake of selective gear has remained low globally, even after the introduction of stricter regulations like the EU’s landing obligation. Our recent […]
11th of October, 2024: “Toward Fully Automated Intelligent Fishing: can we achieve precision fishing and eliminate bycatch in trawl fisheries?”.
Robin Faillettaz (IFREMER) Abstract. Trawl fisheries have significant effects on the marine habitats, with some triggering exceptionally high levels of bycatch (> 75%). Yet, they represent a major proportion of landings worldwide. We here aim to determine whether the impacts of trawls can be minimized by developing precision fishing methods for these fishing methods. Within […]
13 September 2024: “Unravelling seabird-fishery dynamics in West African waters through bird-borne technologies”.
Leia Navarro Herrero (University of Barcelona) Abstract. Seabirds and fisheries frequently interact because they share the same resources and fishing grounds, which poses a significant global threat to seabird populations through overfishing and bycatch. Despite this risk, the impact of fisheries on seabirds remains understudied in West African waters, even though the region has rich […]
Postdoc – USC
Duration: 35 monthsWork Packages: WP8Status: TBDProject Description: TBD
Postdoc – USC
Duration: 28 monthsWork Packages: WP6, WP8, WP9Status: TBDProject Description: TBD