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Ecological impact and alternative management strategies for the NW Mediterranean red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) fishery |
The case study of partner 12 and 27 aims at identifying the main recruitment areas and main season for juvenile capture of the red shrimp Aristeus antennatuswith the final objective of establishing a long term fishery police that will allow the fishery sector to conduct a sustainable exploitation of the most important fishery resource of our region, and one of the most valuable of the entire Mediterranean. The overall aim of this case study is to validate the knowledge obtained by fishermen (TEK), through long years of personal observation, with scientific ecological information gathered through years of scientific research projects. This joint effort pursues fishermen’s involvement on the future fishery management of this resource, integrating to the fishery sector the concepts of global sustainability and the responsibility of the self-made decisions.Aim
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