The development and launch of the call is a collaborative venture between participating and co-funding partners from Estonia, Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Norway and Lithuania. ‘Sustainable fisheries from healthy seas’ is a priority topic in efforts to fulfil Vision 2030 from the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Themes, perspectives and policy recommendations
The call specifies the following themes and perspectives:
- Theme 1: Assessment and mitigation of the impacts of fisheries on the marine environment
- Theme 2: Evaluation of the effects and feasibility of time-area closures as a fisheries management tool
- Perspective 1: Climate change
- Perspective 2: Ecosystem services
Applicants must incorporate at least one theme and one perspective into their research plan and question formulation.
It is important to have practical measures in place to evaluate the condition of ecosystems and vulnerable habitats, even though it can be challenging to connect these measures with rules and regulations for improving fisheries governance. Sustainable fisheries governance is based on well-defined threshold values, indicators, and policy briefs. The outcomes of the project must be policy-relevant and presented in a clear and measurable way. Applicants must provide an explanation of how and when the results will be shared with policy-makers.
Call committee
- Petri Suuronen, chair
- Katrine Boeriis, Innovation Fund Denmark
- Katrin Saar, Estonian Research Council
- Dagmar Joensen-Næs, Research Council Faroe Islands
- Orian Bondestam, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
- Jón Þrándur Stefánsson, Icelandic Ministry of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture
- Laura Kostelnickienė, Research Council of Lithuania
- Christian Wexels Riser, Research Council of Norway
- Katrin Vilhelm Poulsen, Nordic Council of Ministers
