Project record of Marine Protected Areas as a Tool for Ecosystem Conservation and Fisheries Management

Information

Type
Project
Name
Marine Protected Areas as a Tool for Ecosystem Conservation and Fisheries Management
Acronym
PROTECT
Description @en
The aim of the PROTECT project is provide policy advice and develop methodologies to assess the potential of different Marine Protected Areas (MPA) regimes. MPAs will be assessed for their effectiveness to protect sensitive species, habitats and ecosystems from the adverse effects of fishing, to promote the enhancement of vulnerable species or ecosystems and to assist in the sustainable harvesting of economically valuable species.
Start date
2005-1
End date
2008-6

Institutes & people involved

Hoffmann Erik
associated with: Technical University of Denmark; Danish Institute for Fisheries Research
role: Co-ordinator
Vestergaard Ole
associated with: Technical University of Denmark; Danish Institute for Fisheries Research
role: Manager
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
role: Partner
National Board of Fisheries, Institute of Marine Science
role: Partner
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences
role: Partner
Universität Hamburg; Fachbereich Biologie; Institut für Hydrobiologie und Fischereiwissenschaft
role: Partner
Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia
role: Partner
Danish Research Institute of Food Economics
role: Partner
Natural Environment Research Council; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Monks Wood
role: Partner
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
role: Partner
Marine Laboratory Aberdeen; Fisheries Research Services
role: Partner
National University of Ireland Galway; Ryan Institute for Environmental, Marine and Energy Research; Marine Law and Ocean Policy Centre
role: Partner
University of Portsmouth; Centre for the Economics & Management of Aquatic Resources
role: Partner
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
role: Partner
Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research
role: Partner
University of Gothenburg; Faculty of Science; Department of Marine Ecology
role: Partner
Fiskeridirektoratet/Havforskningsinstituttet (Directorate of Fisheries/Institute of Marine Research)
role: Partner
University of Tromso; Norwegian College of Fisheries Science
role: Partner

Expertise

Ecosystems
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 2638
Fishing
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3264
Habitats (artificial)
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3860
geographic terms
A, Atlantic
ANE, Baltic Sea, Oder Estuary
ANE, North Sea
PNE, Arctic

special collections

ENCORA
Theme 6: Ecomorphology and coastal habitats
Theme 7: Reservation and preservation of coastal biodiversity

record metadata

date created: 2007-05-02
date modified: 2009-02-26