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Coastal fish monitoring in the Baltic Sea waters of Schleswig-Holstein (northern Germany) (KüFi2)
Project
Project code: TI-OF-08-PID2339
Contract period: 01.09.2020
- 31.12.2023
Purpose of research: Applied research
In this project a standardized coastal fish monitoring is developed for the coastal Baltic Sea areas of Schleswig-Holstein considering the guidelines of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
The aim of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) from 2008 comprises reaching a good environmental status in the seas of the European Union. In this context, EU member states develop strategies for their respective marine areas. This includes: - to assess the current status of marine areas and describe a good environmental status - to determine environmental targets and develop indicators that adequately mirror the environmental status - to develop a monitoring programme and a programme of measures to continuously monitor the environmental state and to reach or maintain a good environmental status. Coastal fish represent an important component of marine ecosystems. Due to their position in food webs as predators, but also as prey organisms, they connect different trophic levels and contribute to ecosystem functioning. Furthermore, they play an essential role in small-scale commercial coastal- and recreational fisheries. Therefore, the MSFD aims to assess the state of the coastal fish fauna. Coastal fish are already monitored in several neighbouring states of the Baltic Sea considering the HELCOM guidelines. However, various spatial and temporal gaps exist within this monitoring and methods are not yet uniform and standardized across and within countries. With respect to these inconsistencies, the KüFi2- project aims to gather the basic knowledge to develop a coastal fish monitoring of the Baltic Sea waters off Schleswig-Holstein. Additionally, potential indicators for the assessment of the coastal fish community will be tested. Intensive sampling of coastal habitats within this three-year-project will serve as the basis for developing a standardized long-term monitoring that aims to describe and, by means of indicators, assess the state of the coastal fish community in the long run. The planned monitoring will gather information concerning the MSFD descriptors 1, 2, and 4 (biodiversity, non-indigenous species, food webs). Furthermore, information will be collected regarding Red List-species in German coastal waters.
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Subjects
- Marine fisheries
- Resource management
