SUMARiS
Sustainable management of rays and skates
Priority Axis
Resource Efficient EconomySpecific objective
Efficient Use of Resources and Materials
France
Organisation de Producteurs à la pêche FROM Nord
Lead partner
address
Contact
Project budget
2 042 812 €ERDF amount
1 225 687 €ERDF rate
60%Begindatum
13/07/2017Einddatum
30/06/2020Common challenge
A large majority of the fishermen operating in the 2 sea coastal area have artisanal fishery vessels (8 to 25 m.), targeting a large composition of species. Most of them are managed with a European Total Admissible Catch (TAC). The TAC is quite recent for rays (2009 in the Eastern Channel) and it pools together several species of different conservation and exploitation status. In addition, rays don’t benefit from a long lasting knowledge and the EC tends to apply a precautionary approach to TAC-setting, which is poorly supported by fisheries and scientific evidence. SUMARiS will impact the management of rays, to make it more species-specific, economically-efficient and socially acceptable for the fishing industry while protecting the less-known species. Finally, rays will be subject to the Landing Obligation (LO) from 2019 onwards. The project will anticipate the rays’ LO, by encouraging fishermen to adapt their fishing strategies, so to avoid discards and/or release rays alive at sea.
Overall objective
Main outputs
Cross border approach
Partners
Belgium/Flanders
Rederscentrale
England
Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority - KEIFCA
France
L'Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - IFREMER
Belgium/Flanders
Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek - ILVO
France
Nausicaa, National Sea Center
Observers
Netherlands
VISSERS MET TOEKOMST VisNed
England
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science - CEFAS
France