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