A new folder gives a brief description of the multi-disciplinary IMPSEL Project (IMPlementation of SELective and sustainable fisheries) and presents the main points from the study.
One of the goals of fisheries management is to ensure the sustainability of fish stocks by
Promoting more sustainable and selective ways of fishing and gear which are better at separating unintended catches.
In 2005, a multi-disciplinary project group (IMPSEL) consisting of biologists, economists, social scientists, fishermen and green interest organisations was set up in order to illustrate the consequences of such management measures and give recommendations. The project group chose to focus on two Danish fisheries which have cod as a part of their catch composition: mixed consumption trawl fishery in the North Sea as well as the mixed consume trawl fishery for Nephrops in the Kattegat/Skagerrak. On the basis of international and Danish experiences it was possible to identify some potential management measures to regulate the fisheries with purpose of increasing selectivity and sustainability.
Read more about the project in a new folder which gives a brief description of the IMPSEL Project (IMPlementation of SELective and sustainable fisheries) and presents the main points from the study.
Further information:
Senior Research Scientist Rasmus Nielsen
Danish Institute for Fisheries Research
Technical University of Denmark
+45 33 34 33 81
rn@difres.dk
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Implementation of Selective and Sustainable Fisheries (IMPSEL)