Scientific advice for the sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources

Problem addressed

Traditional fisheries management has largely focused on the biomass of target species, often overlooking ecosystem and socio-economic factors. This partial approach can limit the effectiveness of management measures and reduce the resilience of the fishing sector.

What we do and how we do it

• We integrate data from stock assessments, biodiversity analyses, socio-economic studies and simulation models.
• Based on this information, we develop scientific advice that considers not only biological sustainability, but also the impacts on fishing communities, markets and ecosystems.
• This advice is made available to public authorities and international organisations as a basis for setting fishing quotas, minimum landing sizes and technical conservation measures.

Key benefits

• More comprehensive scientific advice, better adapted to the realities of the fishing sector.
• Management measures that balance sustainability, economic viability and social wellbeing.
• A stronger position for public authorities and the fishing sector in international forums.
• More effective and resilient management of marine resources.