18 Months In – GAP2’s Achievements So Far

The GAP2 Project has now been running for 18 months. From Norway to Italy, Spain to Estonia, GAP2 scientists, fishermen, fishing industry representatives and policy makers have been exploring how they can work together more closely to manage European fisheries more sustainably.

The results so far have been exciting, ranging from the discovery of new species of whitefish using fishermen’s knowledge, to the Mayor of Chioggia (Italy)’s commitment to a more collaborative approach to future fisheries management.

This pdf document, comprising the Executive Summary to the project’s official 18 month report, gives a brief overview of GAP2’s achievements so far; the report was contributed to by all GAP2 partners.

Images

• Tuna fishing (c) FADIO/IRD-Ifremer/M. Taquet

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• Underwater view of an FAD (c) FADIO/IRD-Ifremer/M. Taquet

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• Steve Mackinson presenting at NWWRAC Ex Com meeting © Sarah Goddard

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• Galician fisher drawing.

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• Estonia scientists explain their work at GAP2 Annual Meeting (c) Kari Stange

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• Galician coast

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• Push up trap on the water © Fredrik Engdahl

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• Steve Mackinson explains the case study at the GAP2 Annual Meeting (c) Kari Stange

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• Scientists and fishermen working together.

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  Kai Wätjen working with one of the fishermen involved in the German case study.

  

• Twaite shad

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  A bycatch species in the Germany case study on the Wadden Sea.

  

• Monty Halls and Emma Pearson talking about crab

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  Monty Halls and Emma Pearson talking about crab in the Devon UK case study.

  

• A fisherman comments on GAP2 results.

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  Within the Sala Consiliare of the city of Chioggia, a fisherman voices his opinion on the results of GAP2's Adriatic trawl survey (c) GAP2.

  

• Steve Mackinson, GAP2 coordinator at the Seafood Summit in Hong Kong (c) Emma McLaren

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• GAP2 scientist Emma Pearson at work © Mark Dubois

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• Maps of Sandy and Rocky Substrates © Pablo Pita Orduna

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  Example of our cartography based upon fishers’ knowledge, showing the distribution of sandy and rocky substrates in the study area.

  

• UK and Norwegian fishers share knowledge of navigation equipment © Jan Andersen.

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  Will Elliot, Pers Gundersen and Emma Pearson.

  

• Sorting Fish

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  Fishermen sorting fish during the Adriatic Trawl Survey, part of the Italian case study.