Deepwater fisheries pose particular difficulties for management. Target species are difficult to assess and they are generally vulnerable to overfishing. The EU project DEEPFISHMAN will develop a short- and long-term monitoring and management framework for deepwater fisheries in the NE Atlantic that will take account of these factors. Firstly, the aim will be to identify new and more effective assessment methods, reference points, control rules and management strategies to be used in the short term, making better use of available data. Secondly, a reliable long-term framework will be developed for which additional data needs will be specified in order to fill current information gaps to achieve reliable long-term management requirements. This work will be developed by examining a range of case studies selected to reflect the diverse characteristics of the different types of deepwater fishery. The socioeconomic profile and projected impact of the management strategy options will be examined. The project outputs will aim to provide robust guidelines for deepwater fisheries management suitable for adoption within the Common Fishery policy.

See also http://wwz.ifremer.fr/deepfishman

Deepfishman DoW (Description of the Work)

FRANÇAIS ESPAÑOL PORTUGUÊS Ελληνικά NORSK ÍSLENSKA

See more of our video on our youtube page http://www.youtube.com/user/deepfishmanvideo

All video Copyright©Ifremer, Nautile submersible survey 1996-1998, Bay of Biscay & ROV survey 2001, West of Ireland

Contribution from stakeholders is essential, this questionnaire intends to identify the stakeholder community of the project for further communication and integration of stakeholder views in the project.

Stakeholders/Partie prenante/Agentes interesados/Representante relaciaonado/ /Hagsmunaaðilar/Interessenter

Deliverable D8.6 Consensus report from the stakeholder workshop in Brussels, 29-30 June 2009
Report of the stakeholder workshop in Lisbon, 4 December 2009

this links to a site only accessible to project partners

PARTNERS

Link to deepfishman documents

English version

DEEPFISHMAN newsletter 1 - March 2010

Deepfishman poster ICES 2009

Deepfishman poster presented at the Deep Sea Biology Symposium 2010

Abstract (to be presented at the 14th Panhellenic Ichthyologists Symposium - Athens, May 2010)

14th_panh._icth._symp._p._bogaraveo_gr_cs.doc

Final report of the TECTAC (technological developments and tactical adapatations of important EU fleets) project

http://www.ifremer.fr/anglais/

Marine Research Institute (MRI), ICELAND

Institute of Economic Studies, University of Iceland, ICELAND

Marine Institute, IRELAND

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), UK

Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway

Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), SPAIN

Fisheries and Food Technological Institute (AZTI), SPAIN

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), GREECE

Imperial College London(IMPERIAL), UK

National Institute of Biological Resource (IPIMAR), PORTUGAL

National Marine Information and Research Center (NatMIRC), NAMIBIA

University of Portsmouth (UoP), UK

Link to the UK project DEEPFISH, final reports available in English, French and Spanish

MAR-ECO project

EU PROJECT CORALFISH

EU DG MARE studies and reports

Identification guide This links to two electronic books (PDF in English and French) for identification of Chondrichthyans (sharks, rays, chimaeras) and Actinopterygians (bony fishes). These are not identification keys, they include numerous photos, in particular photos of deep-water sharks.

NICE BLOG ABOUT RESEARCH, NEW DISCOVERIES AND OTHER STUFF CONCERNING DEEP SEA BIOLOGY

Amazing Photographs of Rabbit Fish (Chimaera monstrosa) on ARKive

12th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium was held in Reykjavik, Iceland 7-11th June

Access to Symposium Program and Book of Abstracts