Poster Abstract
5. COEXIST (INTERACTION IN COASTAL WATERS: A ROADMAP TO SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATION OF AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES)
Oivind Bergh1, Gavin Burnell2, Jeremy Gault2
1Institute for Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
2University College Cork, Ireland
g.burnell@ucc.ie
Coastal areas are subject to ever increasing competition for space as a result of commercial and leisure activities and the desire to protect environmentally sensitive locations (for example, under Natura 2000). Small scale fisheries and aquaculture operations rely on access to appropriate sites but the extend of coastal waters available may be restricted due to the creation of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) or may also be of interest to other sectors such as tourism and offshore energy. This can lead to issues with spatial management of the coastal resource and can potentially lead to conflict between competing interests.
COEXIST is a broad, multidisciplinary approach to evaluate these interactions with the ultimate goal to provide a roadmap to better integration, sustainability and synergies among different activities in the coastal zone. The project brings together 13 partner institutions from 11 countries with expertise in both aquaculture and fisheries and coastal zone management. They will work together to assess the interactions between capture fisheries and aquaculture and other coastal users and evaluate the mutual benefits and potential sources of conflict. As part of the proposed research, Partners will look at operations at five case study areas, in the Atlantic, Adriatic and North Sea, and use the experience of local stakeholders, combined with the outcomes of existing international case studies, to evaluate the performance of current spatial management tools. This information will then be synthesised to produce guidelines for best practice in spatial planning for the fisheries and aquaculture industries with respect to other coastal interests for use by the EU Commission, national decision makers and in support of European maritime policy.
Project Partners |
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Project Coordinator (Norway) |
Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, |
Denmark |
Technical University of Denmark |
Finland |
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (FGFRI) |
France |
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer) |
Germany |
Johann Heinrich Von Thuenen Institute - Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries |
Ireland |
University College Cork – CMRC & AFDC
Aqua TT UETP Ltd. |
Italy |
National Research Council |
Netherlands |
Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI Wageningen)
Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES) |
Portugal |
National Institute of Biological Resources( INRB)Institute of Marine Research |
United Kingdom |
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
Sweden |
National Board of Fisheries |
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