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Co-creating Ecosystem based Fisheries Management Solutions

Coordinator: Dr. Anna Kristín Daníelsdóttir - MATIS Scientific Manager: Prof. Gunnar Stefánsson - UI. Co-creating Ecosystem based Fisheries Management Solutions. Frontier Research. Collaborative Research. 32 365 M€. 7 460 M€. Research Capacity. Human Potential. 4 728 M€. 4 217 M€.

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Co-creating Ecosystem based Fisheries Management Solutions

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  1. Coordinator: Dr. Anna Kristín Daníelsdóttir - MATIS • Scientific Manager: Prof. Gunnar Stefánsson - UI Co-creating Ecosystem basedFisheries Management Solutions Frontier Research CollaborativeResearch 32 365 M€ 7 460 M€ Research Capacity Human Potential 4 728 M€ 4 217 M€ 20 Years celebration of the South Africa (SA) & European Union (EU) cooperation in science, technology and innovation (STI). SA-EU MARINE AND POLAR RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS WORKSHOP Cape Town, SA, 4th October 2016. • Dr. Anna Kristín Daníelsdóttir – MATIS IS • Dr. Andrea Ross-Gillespie & Prof. Doug Butterworth – UCT SA

  2. 33.2 m.€ All together............

  3. Societal challenges and co-creation End Integrated assessment Advice and decision support for an ecosystem based approach to fisheries management Implementation

  4. EXPECTED OUTCOME & MAIN RESULTS SO FAR New tools and technologies: • indicators, MareFrame database incl. upload & extraction routines, evaluation tools Extended ecosystem models and assessment methods: • tests and comparisons of models across ecosystems New Decision Support Framework (DSF) that can highlight alternative management actions and their consequences Development, acceptance and incorporation by stakeholders: • co-creation, training tools, visualization tools for different management scenarios Support implementation of the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), the Marine strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and the Habitats Directive (HD). Also the SA strategy on “Operation Phakisa Oceans Economy” • developing clear policy objectives, effective decision-making, industry that is ecologically, socially and economically sustainable.

  5. Co-creation is OK STAKEHOLDERS: Public servants, industry, eNGO, scientists in Europe and throughout the Atlantic from the Arctic to Antarctica, FAO, etc...

  6. Regions where MareFrame is developing multi-species/ecosystem models North Sea CS Leader: John Pope, NRC Advisory Councils involved: NSRAC, PRAC Models: GADGET, EwE, Multispecies production models, Size spectra Northern & Western Waters: Iceland CS Leader: Bjarki Elvarsson, MRI Models: GADGET, EwE and Atlantis Baltic Sea CS Leader: Valerio Bartolino, SLU Advisory Councils involved: BSRAC Models: GADGET, EwE, Multispecies production model Northern & Western Waters: West of Scotland CS Leader: Paul Fernandes, UNIABDN Advisory Councils involved: NWWRAC and PRAC Models: EwE and FishSums Black Sea CS Leader: Gheorghe Radu, INCDM Advisory Councils involved: RAC FOMLRM, forthcoming Black Sea AC. Models: GADGET and EwE South Western Waters: Iberian Waters CS Leader: Javier Ruiz, CSIC Advisory Councils involved: SWWRAC Models: GADGET Mediterranean Strait of Sicily CS Leader: Francesco Colloca, CNR Advisory Councils involved: RACMED Models: GADGET and Atlantis New Zealand CS Leader: Ian Tuck, NIWA Models: Atlantis New Zealand

  7. Why an internationally collaborative study? Challenges of ecosystem modelling • Scarcity of pertinent data • Different approaches can lead to very different predictions • Secondary interactions • Interaction that are not between species of primary concern, but which could reverse the expected effect of the primary interactions • SA example: hake fishery (two species, worth roughly R5 billion a year) interaction with seals – could culling seals allow more hake catches? Secondary interaction Primary interaction consume consume Seals Shallow-water hake Deep-water hake Decrease seals Increase shallow-water hake Decrease deep-water hake Overall hake abundance and hence catches may go down, rather than up, if seals are culled.

  8. MareFrame: Do some common broad conclusions arise consistently across the 8 studies, thus enhancing confidence in the reliability of ecosystem modelling?

  9. SA’s involvement in MareFrame • Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group (MARAM) at UCT act mainly as advisors on multispecies/ecosystem modelling, given considerable experience in this field, e.g.: Comparisons across case studies in MareFrame and MARAM UCT SA that will help to enhance confidence in the reliability of multi-species modelling.

  10. SA example: Hake-on-hake multi-species model Update of the Punt and Butterworth (1995) hake-seal model focusing on the hake-on-hake interaction. Shallow-water hake feed extensively on deep-water hake, thus as the initial fishery reduced shallow-water population in first half of 20th century, the deep-water species could have experienced a predation release. Current assessment models don’t take hake-on-hake predation into account explicitly and could miss important features of the hake populations.

  11. Benefits of the South African and European scientific collaboration Mutually beneficial relationship – knowledge & technology transfer; access to wide international research and cooperation network: • More advanced ecosystem models by comparing across case studies of MareFrame and UCT SA • Helps to enhance confidence in the reliability of ecosystem modelling and to develop a holistic approach to fisheries management, including socio-economics and governance. • Student and staff exchanges, e.g. through the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSC), Framework Programme and other joint and national exchange programmes. MARAM UCT SA (Prof. Doug Butterworth, et al.) have extensive experience in integrated assessment and multi-species modelling. Europe benefits from the input of their experience. SA benefits by bringing back ideas developed globally. Base for future collaboration on the common marine and polar research priorities.

  12. Contribution to the common challenges of the the South African and European collaboration Common challenges: future uncertainties due to climate change; overexploitation of marine stocks (biodiversity, fisheries management); lack of knowledge, requirement for accurate modelling; lack of infrastructure/roadmaps for implementation of improved systems (technology development); discards, lack of proper handling and utilization of living resources (food security) Contribution: Develop new tools and technologies. Advance models and develop Decision Support Framework for ecosystem-based fisheries management and implementation through co-creation, collaboration and training. Strengthen future collaboration on the Atlantic marine and polar research prioritese as agreed by the Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Committee (JSTCC).

  13. www.mareframe-fp7.org/ Funded under the EU FP7 Programme A consortium of 28 partners from 14 countries Duration of four years: Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2017 Work programme topic addressed: KBBE2013.1.2-08: Innovative insights and tools to integrate the ecosystem-based approach into fisheries advice

  14. MareFrame liaises with other national and international research projects and is of high relevance to the future management of living marine resources in Europe in a changing environment, taking a holistic view incorporating socio-economic and legislative issues

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