Towards improved detectability of pelagic fishing using scientific technologies

Both project and scientific quota for mackerel and horse mackerel have been approved for 2012 and 2013.
Interested in joining this project: contact Sytse Ybema at info @ sustainovate.com

Project aim

With sustainable fishing becoming increasingly important, (a discarding ban is part of the EU proposals for the new CFP) benefits could be obtained from a tool that can improve selectivity on pelagic fish. Using technologies that have been developed by the scientific community, we can facilitate fishing companies in achieving their ambition to actively improve selectivity. The aim of this project is to develop an echosounder solution that helps skippers to make more objective decisions on the separation of certain pelagic species in areas of co-occurrence. The to be developed product uses the latest technology in scientific species classification and multiple frequency acoustics.

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