Under the FP7, the EU DG Research has funded the research project MADE<br />(Mitigating Adverse Ecological impacts of open ocean fisheries). The project<br />aimed at proposing measures to mitigate adverse impacts of fisheries<br />targeting large pelagic fish in the open ocean. Focusing on tropical tuna<br />purse seiners using fish aggregating devices FADs and pelagic longliners, the<br />goal was achieved through the development of appropriate knowledge on<br />the behavioural ecology of species (with a particular focus on pelagic sharks),<br />as well as on the fisheries themselves. The project gathered 13 partners from<br />8 different countries (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Brazil,<br />Seychelles) and conducted research in the Indian and Atlantic oceans, as well<br />as in the Mediterranean Sea.<br />This movie shows some aspects of the research that was developed under the<br />MADE project to mitigate bycatch by pelagic longliners and tropical tuna<br />purse seiners.
