Sustainable management of pelagic habitats and associated fisheries resources faced with climate change

A decrease in biodiversity, size structure and a spatial and seasonal variability of plankton energy quality are observed in North Sea areas. These changes might significantly affect plankton, and the whole marine foodweb through cascading effects.

To improve resilience to Global Climate Change, management measures are necessary to preserve biodiversity and dynamic of plankton, and guarantee a sustainable consumption of fisheries resources in North Sea Region.

Therefore, to act favorably and significantly on both economic and environmental issues the project aims to implement:

- New management measures to enhance preservation of marine productive and functional areas through ecosystemic approaches.
- Reliable bioindicators to support conservation efforts, and data-driven decision making by stakeholders and policy makers, from a thorough understanding of "plankton/plankton predator" relationship (e.g. “plankton/sardine” case study).
- A close collaboration between different partners (local authorities, marine protected area managers, scientists, economists, fisheries professionals) concerned by management measures.

• Research institutions in the field of IoT, Cloud computing, cyber-security, robotics, HMI (digital twin), manufacturing sciences, Innovation process
• Business service organisations
• Innovation support institutions
• Instructional design institutions
• Other partner research (optional) : SMEs, Industries
• National/Local public authority