Presentation in a meeting between GAP2 project members and Canadian Fisheries Research Network (CFRN) members in St. John (Canada)

1. Canada, 14-19th
, May 2013
Mapping habitats and fishing grounds in
coastal ecosystems of Galicia
Pablo Pita
http://www.verdeprofundo.net/
Xoán López
www.confrariasgalicia.org/gal/p
hp/inicio.php

2. 25 faculties/schools
25000 graduate, 1500 postgraduate students,
some 1200 academic and/or research staff, and
800 administrative staff

3. MARINE RESOURCES AND
FISHERIES
Multidisciplinary group formed by
biologists, oceanographers and social
scientists
Extensive experience in applied
research:
• Assessment and management of living
marine resources
• Integrated management of the coastal
zone
• Socioeconomics of coastal communities

4. Research projects (1990-2007):
•16 autonomic projects
• 6 EU projects
•13 national projects
• Contracts with private companies
Funding: 1,750,000 euros (last 5 years)
Aprox. 150 publications in international journals
Two spin-off companies
MARINE RESOURCES
AND FISHERIES

5. Spin-offs
Public institutions
Companies
NGOs
Partners
Regional government
Spanish government
European Union
Foundations
Research funding– R+D
contracts

6. Connecting Science,
Stakeholders and Policy
GAP 2 Project

7. Partners
• EU
• Scientific (Universities and other research
centres)
• Stakeholders (professional and recreational
fishers, NGOs)
• Politicians (regional, national and international
fishing ministries and RACs)

8. • Mutual learning between scientists, fishermen and
managers
• User participation in the management of fisheries and
the marine environment
• Collaborative research that integrates the scientific and
users knowledge in the management policies
Objectives

9. 1. UK. Sustainability of brown crab stocks with studies on behavior and migrations
2. Spain. Mapping habitats and fishing grounds in coastal ecosystems of Galicia
3. Germany. Climate change effect on the inshore and Wadden Sea brown shrimp fishery
4. DenmarkManagement plans for herring in ICES IIIa and adjacent areas; perceptions of stocks and
fisheries
5. Norway. Developing a fisheries-based resource monitoring system for Norwegian coastal cod
6. Sweden. Development of selective fisheries on whitefish in Lake Vattern - joint research involving
regional stakeholders inked to “Fisheries Co-management Initiatives”
7. Spain-France. Conservation and management issues of tuna fisheries around FADs
8. Italy. Spatio-temporal distribution of fishing effort and biological resources in the Northern Adriatic
Sea: towards the identification of fish habitats and management proposal in the framework of a
participatory approach
9. Malta. Management of the trawl industry in the Maltese 25nm Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ)
10. Spain. Ecological impact and alternative management strategies for the NW Mediterranean red
shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) fishery
11. Estonia. Mapping Baltic Fisheries in support of Marine Spatial Planning
12. Holland. Collaborative discard sampling in the Dutch flatfish fisheries
13. UK. Long term management plans and the ecosystem approach in the North Sea
Cases of study

10. • Partnership with the Galician Organization of Fishermen
Associations (FGCP)
• Useful information to improve (self) management
• Information for multiple objectives (management plans,
technical reports, proposals, conflict resolutions, etc.)
Mapping habitats and
fishing grounds in coastal
ecosystems of Galicia

11. Collecting TEK

12. Map working

13. Map working

14. Map working

15. Habitat cartography

16. Species cartography

17. Fisheries monitoring

18. Fisheries monitoring

19. Next
• Engage with management decision levels
• Show our results
• Contribute to expand the current TURF system

20. Editor-in-Chief: Peter Klimley (USA)
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the results of studies utilizing telemetric techniques to understand physiological,
behavioral, and ecological mechanisms in both terrestrial and marine species.
Areas of interest include:
Research utilizing electronic tags to elucidate the behaviour, ecology and
physiology of species’
Innovations in design of biotelemetric devices
Analytical methods, software and techniques used in animal biotelemetry
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21. www.recursosmarinos.udc.es/gap2
www.confrariasgalicia.org/gal/php/inicio.php
http://opaga69.org/
www.gap2.eu
gap2galicia@gmail.com
More information

22. Thank you very much