Sustainable fisheries from healthy seas is a priority topic in efforts to fulfil Vision 2030 from the Nordic Council of Ministers.
The focus is on sustainable fisheries in the context of climate change and the green transition. The aim of the research initiative is to examine the impact of fishing activities on the marine environment and the options for fisheries to reduce their impact.
The chair of the Call Committee Petri Suuronen says:
“The call received a delightful number of excellent and coherent applications. The scientific quality of the proposals selected for funding was very high. They had well-defined and innovative methodologies and incorporated strong collaboration aspects. New approaches were presented in assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of time and area closures as a fisheries management tool; a challenging task because the effects often are complex and multifaceted. The role of climate change on fish stocks and ecosystems was well addressed, and the obvious need for renewed management strategies to better support ecosystem services was stressed. Selected proposals are very likely to deliver valuable new knowledge.”
The following four projects have received funding:
- Evaluating the effectiveness of time-area closures: the effect of stress on reproduction success of cod
Project leader: Marco Vindas, Norwegian University of Lice Sciences
Project partners: University of Oslo, University of Iceland, Faroe Marine Research Institute, Ervik Marine Research - Feasibility and effects of Spatio Temporal Closures on Baltic and Eastern North Sea herring Stocks
Project leader: Nicolas Goñi, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Project partners: University of Tartu, Institute of Marine Research in Norway, Natural Institute for Aquatic Resources in Denmark - Enhancing ecosystem assessment and the science-policy interface for sustainable pelagic fisheries in the Norwegian Sea
Project leader: Benjamin Planque, Institute of Marine Research in Norway
Project partners: UiT the Arctic University, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Faroe Marine Research Institute, University of the Faroe Islands, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland - Impacts of fishing throughout the ecosystem: consequences and mitigation methods
Project leader: Anna Kuparinen, University of Jyväskylä
Project partners: Institute of Marine Research in Norway, Aarhus University
Funding partners
The call has been created in collaboration with:
- Innovation Fund Denmark
- Estonian Research Council
- Research Council Faroe Islands
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
- Icelandic Ministry of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture
- Research Council of Lithuania
- Research Council of Norway
- Nordic Council of Ministers
