Benthic ecosystem fisheries impact study (BENTHIS)

PROJECT IS COMPLETED
Project period: 12 September 2012 - 11 September 2017

BENTHIS will provide the knowledge to further develop the ecosystem approach to fisheries management as required in the Common Fisheries Policy and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. It will study the diversity of benthic ecosystem in European waters and the role of benthic species in the ecosystem functioning. Fisheries impacts will be studied on benthic organisms and on the geo-chemistry. The newly acquired knowledge will be synthesized in a number of generic tools that will be combined into a fishing/seabed habitat risk assessment method that will be applied to fisheries in the Baltic, North Sea, Western waters, Mediterranean and Black Sea.

IFRO coordinator

Name Title Phone E-mail
Jesper Levring Andersen Head of Administration, Associate Professor +4535336892 E-mail

The project was funded by:

Benthis has received funding from the EU 7th Framework programme

Amount: DKK 1.1 mill.