Programme: COFASP – ERA-net
Project title: New methodologies for an ecosystem approach to spatial and temporal management of fisheries and aquaculture in coastal areas
Acronym: ECOAST
Duration: March 2016 – December 2018
EU contribution: EUR 2.273.800
ISMAR budget: EUR 125.305
Summary:
ECOAST aims to identify, develop and test new methodologies for spatial and temporal management of fisheries and aquaculture in coastal areas. The overall approach will assess the impact of fisheries and aquaculture on coastal ecosystems, as well as synergies and conflicts between human activities. Building on previous methodologies and experiences the project will evaluate marine spatial planning in seven coastal case study areas having different ecological and socio-economic characteristics: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Black Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Baltic Sea, Norwegian fjords and North-East Atlantic coast. The project outcomes will produce case specific evaluation of the ecological footprints of aquaculture and fisheries in coastal areas, maps of optimal areas for fisheries and aquaculture, evaluation of compatibility between fisheries, aquaculture and other human activities in coastal areas, as well as implementation of holistic methods and an operational modelling framework to evaluate and predict stakeholder responses to coastal spatial management options covering marine cross sector occupation of space.
Contact person in Ismar: fabio.grati@an.ismar.cnr.it
Partnership:
- National Research Council, Institute of Marine Science, (Italy)
- The Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, (Italy)
- Technical University of Denmark, (Denmark)
- International Research Institute of Stavanger,(Norway)
- Institute for Marine Research, (Norway)
- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, (Greece)
- National Institute for Marine Research and Development “G.Antipa” Constanta, (Romania)
- Institute of Biomedical Science Abel Salazar of the University of Porto, (Portugal)