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IFM Research - Ongoing
The West Greenland marine ecosystem and climate change - The socio-economic adaptation and governance challenges for fisheries management
Funded by: Greenland Climate Research Centre, c/o Grønlands Naturinstitut
Duration: 1 January 2010-30 April 2011
This project will from the social sciences contribute to the establishment of a unique scientific network integrating natural and social sciences and thus improve the understanding of the marine ecosystem off West Greenland and the implications of climate change for the structure and functioning of the ecosystem by: 1) Identifying and describing the main social, economic and institutional drivers behind environmentally significant human behaviours with special emphasis on fishing and 2) Identifying and describing the existing environmental governance institutions and those social interactions that contribute or detract from effective governance of the fisheries resources off West Greenland.
ODEMM: Options for Delivering Ecosystem-Based Marine Management
Funded by: EU 7th Framework Programme
Coordinator: The University of Liverpool
Duration: 1 March 2010-31 August 2013
The overall aim of the project is to deliver a set of fully-costed ecosystem management options that would deliver the objectives of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Habitats Directive, the European Commission Blue Book and the Guidelines for the Integrated Approach to Maritime Policy. This will be achieved by (i) providing a comprehensive knowledge base to support policy for the development of sustainable and integrated management of European marine ecosystems; (ii) developing Operational Objectives to achieve the High-Level Policy Objectives set by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Habitats Directive, and with reference to the proposed Maritime Policy; (iii) identifying Management Options (individual management tools and combinations of tools) to meet the Operational Objectives; (iv) providing a risk assessment framework for the evaluation of Management Options and to assess the risk associated with the different options; (v) conducting a cost-benefit analysis of a range of Management Options using appropriate techniques; (vi) identifying stakeholder opinions on the creation of governance structures directed towards implementation of the ecosystem approach, and elaborating different scenarios for changing governance structures and legislation to facilitate a gradual transition from the current fragmented management approach towards fully integrated ecosystem management; (vii) documenting the steps necessary for the transition from the current fragmented management scheme to a mature and integrated approach, and providing a toolkit that could be used to evaluate options for delivering ecosystem-based management; and (viii) communicating and consulting on the outcomes of the project effectively with policy makers and other relevant user groups.
Developing fisheries management indicators and targets (BADMINTON)
Funded by: Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Danish Food Industry Agency (MariFish)
Coordinator: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Duration: 31 August 2009-1 August 2012
Project aims:
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Develop the knowledge of discarding patterns and factors in European fisheries
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Evaluate the efficacy of selective devices and other discard management measures that have been implemented in the past.
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Improve methods to analyse, monitor, and manage bycatch and discarding in European fisheries.
Uncertainty in Action - A Multi-Cultural Approach
PhD Project (Ditte Degnbol)
Duration: 1 November 2008-31 October 2011
The broader focus for my dissertation is the handling of scientific complexity and uncertainty in environmental management. More specifically I look at the knowledge base for marine management where I will address two main questions:
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Which transformations have science and its use in EU's marine management undergone?
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How is science used in practical-political problem solving in marine management?
Addressing the
first question I will study the history of science for marine
policy in a transition period, laying out the broader context
for the contemporary situation. Addressing the second question I
will look more concretely on the Natura 2000 process of
selecting marine areas for protection on the Dogger Bank. I will
follow the negotiations among and between scientists, fishers,
environmentalists, policymakers and managers about the
scientific basis for the selection.
I will draw particularly on approaches from the field of of
Science and Technology Studies (STS).
Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management - Multi-level Governance and the Regional Level in EU Fisheries Management
PhD Project (Troels Jacob Hegland)
Duration: 1 November 2008-31 October 2011
Overall fish stocks in EU waters have not been in a good shape for the last 20 years or so. Today 88% of the EU fish stocks are overfished - compared with an average of 25% globally. The EU has continuously tried to reform (particularly in 1992/93 and 2002/03) or incrementally adapt the legal framework of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) to solve the problems, which include a substantial overcapacity in the fleet, but these efforts have - as evidenced by the numbers - been insufficient. Lately the Commission of the European Communities (Commission) has acknowledged that even the latest reform in 2002/03 - to which high hopes were attached - has, in effect, been unable to reverse the trend to the extent necessary; for 2008 the total allowable catches (commonly referred to as TACs) for 49% of EU stocks were set above the scientific advice, which seems to indicate that the negative trend may very well continue to dominate (Commission 2008). The next reform of the CFP is scheduled for 2012/13.
The research conducted under this project, as well as the conclusions arrived at, is expected to be broadly relevant to the actors and institutions active in the policy process leading up to the upcoming reform of the CFP in 2012/13. Regionalisation, multi-level governance and the eco-system approach to fisheries management, which can be seen as three key concepts of this project, are all of immediate relevance for the discussion on the upcoming reform, as well. In this way it is the hope and expectation that the project can contribute to the political task of finding an appropriate governance structure for fisheries management in the EU beyond 2012. The continued failure to set up an appropriate governance structure for fisheries management is one of the main explanations for the underperformance of European fisheries management compared to similar management systems in comparable settings around the globe.
Methodologically, the project will focus on the regional level as the neglected and necessary level of governance in EU fisheries management. The project will look at the perspectives and limitations of developing the regional level as a significant policy/management level in the governance structure. At the same time the project will explore the implications of regionalisation on the other relevant levels, particularly the EU and the member state level, as well as look into the political acceptability of regionalisation at the other levels and how political acceptance might be fostered.
Consequently, this project aims to contribute directly to the discussions related to an ongoing policy process, which will per definition be concluded in 2012 only 1 year after this project ends. The project could as such not be any timelier.
MEFEPO: Making the European Fisheries Ecosystem Plan Operational
Funded by: EU 7th Framework Programme
Coordinator: The University of Liverpool
Duration: 1 September 2008-31 August 2011
Since the reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy in 2002, effort has been devoted to addressing the governance, scientific, social and economic issues required to introduce an ecosystem approach to European marine fisheries.
Fisheries management needs to support the ‘three pillars of sustainability’ (ecological, social and economic). Fisheries Ecosystem Plans (FEPs) were developed to further the ecosystem approach in fisheries management and as a tool to assist managers consider the ecological, social and economic implications of their decisions. The FP5-funded European Fisheries Ecosystem Plan (EFEP) project developed a FEP for European waters, using the North Sea as a case study.
The core concept of the Making the European Fisheries Ecosystem Plan Operational (MEFEPO) project is the delivery of an operational framework for three regional seas. This is the necessary next step in the process. Furthermore, MEFEPO will, based on the lessons learned consider how FEPs can be made operational and developed for other regional areas. MEFEPO will focus on how best to make current institutional frameworks responsive to an ecosystem approach to fisheries management at regional and pan-European levels in accordance with the principles of good governance. This will involve developing new linkages and means of allowing dialogue between the disparate groups of stakeholders, the integration of the considerable body of ecological, fisheries, social and economic research which has been developed in recent years and investigate how existing institutional frameworks need to evolve to incorporate this information and develop both dialogue between the disparate groups of marine stakeholders and develop a decision-making process which integrates a wide breadth of interests. The three areas used by MEFEPO will be the North Sea RAC, North-western Waters RAC and South-western Waters RAC areas.
JAKFISH: Judgement and Knowledge in Fisheries including Stakeholders
Funded by: EU 7th Framework Programme
Coordinator: CEFAS, UK
Duration: 1 May 2008-30 April 2011
The project will investigate how different actors in the marine sector, including fisheries, make use of scientific knowledge, how the roles that scientists play help formulate policies and how governance approaches can be developed which enable policy decisions to address uncertainty and complexity based on research and with the participation of stakeholders. The project will collect and build on experiences from a diverse range of EU policy areas which address interactions between human activities and nature. The main objectives of the proposal are to examine and develop the institutions, practices and tools that allow complexity and uncertainty to be dealt with effectively within participatory decision making processes. The proposal will develop these institutions, practices and tools in respect to European marine management with a particular focus on fish harvesting and marine spatial planning via two linked strategies. Where Strategy One is to develop tools to facilitate participatory decision making processes based on recently developed bio-economic modeling techniques. While Strategy Two carries out a sociological analysis of the practices and institutional forms that can most effectively involve the wider community in debates over developing science-based policies.
UNCOVER: Understanding the mechanisms of stock recovery
Funded by: EU 6th Framework Programme
Coordinator: Federal Research Center for Fisheries, Germany
Duration: 1 March 2006-28 February 2010
The purpose of UNCOVER is to develop recovery strategies for EU fish stocks which are outside of safe biological limits. In order to develop these recovery strategies, the principle objectives of UNCOVER are to 1) identify changes experienced during stock decline and their consequences for the prospects of stock recovery 2) enhance the understanding of mechanisms of fish stock recovery. 3) provide recommendations for the recovery of EU fish stocks, which are outside of safe biological limits. To fulfill these objectives, UNCOVER will, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, synthesise and integrate relevant information from previous and ongoing research programs to evaluate and develop strategies for the rebuilding of stocks. Findings will identify changes experienced during stock decline as well as key processes impacting upon the potential for stock recovery. Results will be integrated into a modelling framework in order to evaluate and develop management strategies incorporating biological and environmental factors as well as technical and socio-economic constraints. UNCOVER will investigate the failures and successes of previous stock recovery activities and will try to define optimal strategies for recovery plans for the future. Syntheses of these activities will result in the development of recommendations for rebuilding, as well as alternatives to existing recovery plans, if severe unforeseen problems in achieving their goals have been identified. Recovery strategies developed in UNCOVER will be area- and ecosystem-specific and tuned to key species and their fisheries in the Barents Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea and Bay of Biscay.
IFM Research - Completed
2008-2009
GAP1: Bridging the gap between science and stakeholders: Phase I – Common Ground
Funded by: EU 7th Framework Programme
Coordinator: CEFAS, UK
Duration: 1 April 2008-30 September 2009
GAP1 proposes to build a framework for incorporating the active participation of fishers and their knowledge into a research programme, by means of a series of workshops and ‘reconnaissance’ meetings. It represents phase I of a three-phase research programme that aims to explore the complementary nature of alternative knowledge and investigate how they may be combined to enhance our current understanding and management of the natural resources. Tied to knowledge, GAP1 is an evidence-based approach that uses participation as the vehicle to achieve mutual understanding on fisheries management issues of common concern to stakeholders, scientists and policy makers. This is a pre-requisite for fostering the mutual respect essential for successful future collaboration. By helping catalyse synergies between scientists, stakeholders and policy makers, GAP1 takes account of the aspirations and concerns of civil society for a sound scientific basis supporting sustainable management, conservation of ecosystem integrity and biodiversity of the marine environment. It addresses the need to create the foundations for active citizenship, whereby society itself influences which scientific choices are made and controls their impact. It adheres to the objectives of the ERA and thus supports the Commissions commitment to make the EU the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based society in the world.
2007-2009
feat 2015 - Food, Economic Development, Actor participation, Technology. Development perspectives for the food and agriculture sector in a regional innovation system perspective
Funded by: Directorate for Food, Fisheries and Agri Business, The Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Coordinator: Research Center Risø and Aalborg University
Duration: 1 January 2007-31 December 2009
The point of departure of the project is the different challenges that the agri-food sector faces in the coming years. Many rural districts are dependent on this sector, and in Denmark the rural development programs and the structural funds want to support the handling of these challenges. The purpose is a continued development of the agri-food sector at the regional level while taking into consideration the multi-functionality of the sector in relation to environment, landscape management, cultural and social values as well as a profitable and healthy food production.
The project is based on the interaction of three parts. The first is the regional business development in rural areas through innovation in the agri-food sector. The second is gathering and assessing knowledge of national and international trends of importance to the agri-food sector in a 10-15 year perspective. The third is an assessment of the effects of present and possible future policies, regulations and initiatives in regional development. Based on this knowledge regional and national recommendations conc. new efforts in the development of the regional rural areas are formulated. To ensure coherence of the regional visions with the strategic goals central actors will be invited to regional workshops. The project will produce a guide and organize a conference where results and recommendations will be presented.
IFM primarily participates in the analysis of the regional business development in rural areas by analysing a number of cases of product and process innovations in the agri-food (including the fisheries) sector.
2006-2009
IMAGE: Indicators for fisheries MAnaGement in Europe
Funded by: EU 6th Framework Programme
Coordinator: Wageningen IMARES, Institute for MArine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, The Netherlands
Duration: 1 November 2006-31 October 2009
The project ‘Indicators for fisheries MAnaGement in Europe’ (IMAGE) seeks to develop an operational framework of candidate indicators to support ecosystem-based fisheries management, which is a requirement in the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Indicators can support the decision-making process by (1) describing the pressures affecting the ecosystem, the state of the ecosystem and the response of managers, (2) tracking progress towards meeting management objectives and (3) communicating trends in complex impacts and management processes to a non-specialist audience. IMAGE therefore seeks to develop an operational framework of candidate indicators, to elaborate these indicators into comprehensive dashboards to support management decision-making, to develop methodology to integrate this information into tools supporting the decision making process, to develop a framework that can evaluate management strategies based on indicators, and to test their applicability in regional case studies, taking into account the diversity of the fishery systems in Europe. The application of indicators in management systems requires that they are understood by, and therefore accessible to, stakeholders, and a major focus of the project will be to engage stakeholders through the emerging Regional Advisory Councils (RAC).
IFM is responsible for developing indicators for socio-economic operational objectives, and participates in the North Sea case study.
2007-2009
CROSCOG: Cross Sectoral Commons Governance in Southern Africa
Funded by: EU 6th Framework Programme
Coordinator: IFM
Duration: 1 March 2007-28 February 2009
The objective of CROSCOG was to share existing research and experiences in the governance of large scale natural resource commons across different ecosystem types in Southern Africa – including marine and other large water body coastal zones; arid and semi-arid grasslands, savannas and forest patches; and floodplain ecosystems. The dual challenge of governance is to meet large scale problems with large scale solutions that are rooted in local practices and to use an ecosystem approach to integrate the management of different types of commons, each of which may play a role in the household survival strategies of vulnerable populations. The work took place in two phases each one having a theme: 1) Knowledge, Power, Economic Transformation and Existing Commons Practices; and 2) Building On Existing Practices to Achieve Effective Governance Across Extensive Scales.
2007-2009
AFRAME: A Framework for Fleet and Area Based Fisheries Management
Funded by: EU 6th Framework Programme
Coordinator: Azti, Spain
Duration: 1 April 2007-31 March 2009
The chief objective of AFRAME was to develop a framework for fleet and area-based fisheries management. The project has three research themes: (1) the development and testing of a framework for describing fleet activity in terms of the fisheries in which the fleet participates, and how it allocates its effort across these fisheries; (2) the development of indicator approaches to summarising information and presenting advice in relation to multi-fleet, multi-species fisheries; and (3) stakeholder perceptions and institutional implications of a shift to fleet and area based management. These themes were developed through application in three contrasting case study areas: (1) the demersal fisheries of the North Sea, which represent a relatively data-rich area with relatively few important commercial species, all of which are assessed routinely; (2) the demersal fisheries of ICES areas VII and VIII (the Channel, Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay), which has a relatively high number of target species, not all of which are assessed; and (3) the Mediterranean, which has a high number of target species, with very little stock assessment information.
2005-2008
CEVIS: Comparative Evaluations of Innovative Solutions in European fisheries management
Funded by: EU 6th Framework Programme
Coordinator: IFM
Duration: 1 November 2005-31 October 2008
CEVIS assessed potential innovations for European fisheries management regimes in respect to four general management objectives: biological robustness; economic efficiency; the cost effectiveness of management activities; and social robustness. CEVIS examined four types of regime-level innovations: the use of participatory approaches to fisheries governance; rights-based regimes; effort-control regimes and decision-rule systems. The central research objectives of CEVIS were expressed by four disciplinary, cross-case work packages that focused on the implications of these types of innovations for the general management objectives in four case studies in the EU and the Faroe Islands. Before these case studies began the research took a close look at cases of innovative fisheries management in other developed countries. Visits were made to four places outside the EU that have similar fisheries and have implemented these four types of innovations. CEVIS had two final products. The first was an Innovation Evaluation Framework made up of indicators of inputs and outcomes in relation to the four general management objectives. The second was a report based on the case studies that evaluates this specific set of potential regime-level innovations for use in EU fisheries management.
2005-2008
SAFMAMS: Scientific Advice for Fisheries Management at Multiple Scales
Funded by: EU 6th Framework Programme, Specific Support Action
Coordinator: IFM
Duration: 15 April 2005-14 April 2008
SAFMAMS drew insights from existing research projects and management processes on the most useful forms of scientific advice for marine environmental management and then communicated those insights to scientists and decision makers. The SSA involved three basic tasks. First, we collated information relevant to the forms that scientific advice can and should take from research projects focussed on fisheries management. Second, we interacted with seven sets of stakeholders involved in fisheries management decision making at various scales to help us sharpen the practical lessons from what we had gathered from the research results. Third, we carried these lessons from fisheries to the broader marine management community.
2004-2008
EFIMAS: Operational evaluation tools for fisheries management options
Funded by: EU 6th Framework Programme
Coordinator: Danish Institute for Fisheries Research
Duration: 1 April 2004-31 March 2008
The objectives of the research was to develop operational evaluation tools to appraise the biological and social and economic effects of fisheries management measures in the EU, and apply these tools to important groundfish, deep-sea and pelagic fisheries. The tools should take account for uncertainties and include risk assessments.
2002-2008
Governance in fisheries
Funded by: IFM Research Fund
Duration: 1 January 2002-30 April 2008
The focus of the project was governance in fisheries with special emphasis on the role of management institutions in the decision-making process and the conditions under which management institutions work effectively and cost-efficiently. Associated questions of participation and representation of interests in fishery management, levels of decision‑making, factors influencing compliance/ non‑compliance behaviour, legitimacy and what is considered a valid knowledge base for management was addressed by focusing on the following five research questions:
1. User-groups or broader stakeholder involvement - how are stakeholder interests voiced and mediated in management institutions?
2. The rationality of fisheries management - what is the overall rationality of the management institutions in terms of managing society’s utilisation of its natural resource base and sharing access for interest groups?
3. The cost-effectiveness of fisheries management – how are transaction costs reflected in the design of management institutions?
4. The embeddedness of management institutions - to what extent are management institutions consistent and integrated with the cultural and social references of user and stakeholder groups?
5. The cognitive basis for management - how is knowledge about the resource system and other systems (e.g. the policy system) generated and used in management institutions, and what constitutes the social validity of such knowledge?
The aim was to disseminate the results to both the scientific community and policy‑makers in order to improve the performance of fisheries management systems in both developed and developing countries.
Senior doctoral thesis with the following title: EU Fisheries Management System in Crisis – the EU Common Fisheries Policy was successfully defended May 2009 .
2007
Needs for knowledge and the sourcing of it in the innovation process of companies in the agri-food sector of Northern Jutland – a project under Center for Regional Development, Aalborg University
Funded by: The European Social Fund through the North Jutland County
Coordinator: Aalborg University
Duration: 1 February-19 October 2007
The project focused on the needs for knowledge in the innovation process of companies in the agri-food sector in Northern Jutland, and also on the sourcing of this knowledge. A limited number of innovation processes within selected companies were studied by quantitative and especially qualitative methods in order to get an understanding of how the process develops, which external relations are involved, what are their contributions to the innovation process and what constitutes the ‘learning environment’ around the interaction, which allows learning to take place. The analysis was based on innovation theory and theories of clusters (i.e. an understanding of the importance of user-producer relations and discussions of ’related variety’).
Based on the studies the project described different uses of knowledge from regional, national and international knowledge providers, and discussed how the regional set-up of knowledge providers and ‘learning environment’ fit into the needs of different types of companies.
2006-2007
Implementation of TACs in the North Atlantic Fisheries (ITAC)
Funded by: The Norwegian Research Council
Coordinator: Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute
Duration: 1 January 2006-31 December 2007
ITAC focuses on administrative arrangements to restrict and monitor fishing mortality. The aim is not only to describe regulatory arrangements, but to offer an understanding of how these systems function as wholes and why they have attained their present forms. An understanding of the management systems does not only require knowledge of the various institutions, but an understanding of how they are woven together – how they mutually restrict and shape each other. The main research question is: how and under which conditions can regulations aimed to restrict fishing mortality be successfully implemented at the administrative level?
The project will undertake four case studies divided on three different types of regulation schemes: 1) Direct catch regulation (Norwegian cod fisheries), 2) Capacity utilisation (The Faroe Island demersal fishery) and 3) Indirect catch regulation (The North Sea cod recovery plan - having a Danish perspective & Recovery plans in Galicia).
2006-2007
IBEFish: Interaction between Environment and Fisheries - a Challenge to Management
Funded by: EU 6th Framework Programme
Coordinator: Finnish Environment Institute
Duration: 1 December 2006-31 August 2007
IBEFish had two objectives: 1) to share the results and theoretical understandings gained in past projects with regard to the ecosystem approach in fisheries management, with a special focus on the role of participation in integrated management of the interaction between environment and fisheries; and 2) to make practical recommendations for improving fisheries management towards an ecosystem-based approach especially emphasizing the need for an enhanced knowledge-base, legitimacy and trust-building in the management.
2004-2007
Experience-Based Knowledge in a Science Policy Context
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Coordinator: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
In recent decades the roles of ‘lay experts’ as sources of information useful to policy have been recognized and subjected to scrutiny, criticism, and advocacy. The study examined the role of such “experience-based knowledge” (EBK) in a domain - marine fisheries management - where non-scientists have substantial knowledge about natural and technical systems that derives from their occupations. The question examined was what are the implications of this storehouse of experience-based knowledge for the development of science-based policy? This question was addressed through a comparative study that examined various concrete approaches to public participation, e.g. advisory panels, public fora, that were currently used in the management of Atlantic cod fisheries in New England, Canada and the European Union.
2005-2007
IMPSEL: Implementation of more selective and protective fisheries in Denmark
Funded by: Danish Directorate for Food, Fisheries and Agri Business
Coordinator: WWF World Wildlife Fund
Duration: 1 September 2005 to 31 March 2007
To ensure that a fishing gear, which in theory has selective qualities, also leads to a selective fishery in reality, it is necessary to take into consideration the specific context of the fishery. Therefore this project did not consider the discussion of selectivity and nature protection as a gear technological analysis alone, but took the gear technological knowledge into a fishery, economic, socio-economic, ecological, fishery policy and management perspective.
By analyzing the causes that influences whether a fishery in reality becomes more or less selective and protective, the project delivered a number of concrete recommendations as to which incentives and disincentives are decisive for encouraging targeted and selective fisheries.
2004-2006
INDECO: Developing Indicators of Environmental Performance of the Common Fisheries Policy
Funded by: EU 6th Framework Programme
Coordinator: Institute for European Environmental Policy, UK
The purpose of this Co-ordination Action was to ensure a coherent approach to the development of indicators at EU level, in support of environmental integration within the CFP and in the context of international work on indicators.
2005-2006
Strengthening Fisheries Management Institutions in the Lower Mekong River Basin through Collaborative Research and Data Synthesis across Multiple Scales
Funded by: CGIAR Challenge Program on WATER & FOOD
Coordinator: IFM
The overall goal of the project was to design, for implementation, fisheries management systems for the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) founded on local-level natural resource management institutions and scaled upwards through national fisheries management and research agencies, through to the basin-level via the Mekong River Commission.
2003-2006
FRAP: Development of a procedural Framework for Action Plans to reconcile conflicts between large vertebrate conservation and the use of biological resources: fisheries and fish-eating vertebrates as a model case
Funded by: EU 5th Framework Programme
Coordinator: UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Germany
The project aimed to develop a generic framework to reconcile the conservation of large vertebrates and the use of biological resources by humans; as well as to apply this generic framework to conflicts between the conservation of large fish-eating vertebrates (seals, otter, cormorants) and fisheries as models.
2003-2005
PKFM: Policy and knowledge in fisheries management
Funded by: EU 5th Framework Programme
Coordinator: IFM
The overall objectives of the project were to identify and understand specific shortcomings in the European fisheries policy and its implementation, which have contributed to the problems evident in several European fisheries, and to devise means for their rectification. The project focused on the knowledge production and decision-making within the fisheries management system, the interrelationships between these processes and the role played by stakeholders.
2002-2005
TECTAC: Technical developments and tactical adaptations of important EU fleets
Funded by: EU 5th Framework Programme. Coordinator: IFREMER, France
The overall objective of this project was to address the poor understanding of the links between management tools, fleet developments and the pressure exerted on fishing communities, and more precisely to supply fisheries managers with a modelling tool that will allow them evaluating the impact of regulations on the dynamics of fleets and fishing mortality.
2002-2004
KNOWFISH: Knowledge base for fisheries management
Funded by: EU INCO-DEV Programme. Coordinator: IFM
The objective of the project was to improve our understanding of the information needs and appropriate institutional structures for fisheries management in developing countries by making a comparative analysis of three cases in South East Asia (one in Laos and two in Vietnam) and four cases in Southern Africa (Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and South Africa).
2002-2004
RESPONSIBLE: Sharing responsibilities in fisheries management
Funded by: EU 5th Framework Programme. Coordinator: LEI, Holland
This research aimed to contribute to good governance in fisheries management by considering the division of responsibilities and by investigating possibilities for devolved management.
2004
Complementarities in the fisheries (workshop)
Funded by: Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Working Group for Fisheries Research (NAF)
Conflicts arise regularly between those who manage the fishery and those who practise the fishery, and too little focus has been put on the phenomenon of interaction between fishers and management both in scientific and management context. This project was a workshop with the purpose of illustrating these aspects.
2001-2003
Living Aquatic Resources - management and knowledge base
Funded by: Danish Council for Development Research
Management of both freshwater and marine fisheries depends on knowledge that meets two related, but independent tests: it must be accurate and it must be perceived as accurate by stakeholders. Incongruence between the knowledge base and management institutions is one important reason for overexploitation and the resulting impoverishment in fisheries dependent communities. This project addressed this relationship based on two case studies, marine coastal fisheries in Vietnam and riverine fisheries in the Mekong River in Laos.
2001-2003
Sustainability project (Indsamling og bearbejdning af oplysninger fra danske fiskere om deres holdning til udnyttelsen af havets ressourcer, herunder til begreber som bæredygtighed m.v.)
Funded by: Danish Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Coordinator: IFM
This project had two objectives. The first was to gain as comprehensive an understanding as possible of the ways that Danish fishers conceive of and talk about the sustainability of the fisheries resource. The second objective was to understand how these ways of understanding vary among different groups of fishers.
2001
The Fisheries Sector in the Lower Mekong Basin - Status and Perspectives. Sector review
Funded by IFM research fund and Mekong River Commission
2000-2003
TEMAS: Technical measures - Development of evaluation model and application in Danish fisheries
Funded by: Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Danish Directorate for Development
IFM and the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research conducted a three-year research project on technical measures in fisheries management. The purpose was to evaluate the expected impacts of various technical measures using three Danish fisheries as case studies.
1994-2003
Fisheries Co-management
Funded by: DANIDA
IFM was, jointly with the Interational Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, ICLARM (WorldFish Center), in charge of a worldwide research project on fisheries and coastal resource co-management. The objective of this project was to survey, analyse and develop models for co-management in co-operation with the national fisheries research institutions in Bangladesh, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. For more information visit the project web site: www.co-management.org.
2000-2002
MOFISH: Multiple Objectives in the Management of EU Fisheries
Funded by: EU 5th Framework Programme
Coordinator: CEMARE, University of Portsmouth
The overall aim of this project was to develop and analyse the actual objective structure present within EU fisheries management from the perspectives of the different interest groups, including associated priorities perceived. The project is a EU-funded study implemented by a partnership consisting of Centre for Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE), UK, Centre de Droit et Economie de la Mer (CEDEM), France, Modelization Economica y Matematica de Pesquerias (MEMPES), Spain, Danish Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Economics (SJFI), Denmark and IFM.
1999-2001
Management, co-management or no management? Major dilemmas in the sustainable utilisation of SADC freshwater fisheries
Funded by Norwegian Research Council
1999-2000
Science and Citizen Participation in Fisheries Management
Funded by National Science Foundation
1997-98
Coastal Zone Management Practice in Denmark
Funded by the Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy
In collaboration with the Danish Research Center for Forests and Landscape
1996-2000
Effort regulation in Danish Fisheries
Funded by the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
1995
Fisheries Co-Management: An alternative strategy in fisheries - cases from Denmark. CEC, DG XIV, project No 94/32
Funded by EU
1994-97
Coastal Zone Planning and Management in Developing Countries: Methods, Strategies and Techniques for an Environmental Sustainable Development of Coastal Environments
Funded by Danida
1994-95
Devolved and Regional Management Systems for Fisheries. AIR - 2CT93 - 1392
Funded by EU
IFM Consultancies - International
2010
European Commission
FISH/2006/09 - Studies in the fields of the Common Fisheries Policy and Maritime Affairs. Lot 4 - Impact Assessments:
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Regional Social and Economic impacts of change in fisheries-dependent communities.
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Social and Economic impacts of long-term management plans for North Sea Plaice and Sole.
Studies requested by the European Commission and coordinated by MRAG Ltd.
Food Certification International Ltd (FCI)
MSC Fishery Assessment Services.
2009
European Commission
FISH/2006/09 - Studies in the fields of the Common Fisheries Policy and Maritime Affairs. Lot 4 - Impact Assessments:
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Study on economic and social impacts of the proposed scenarios for a long term management plan for Baltic pelagic fisheries.
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Technical analysis (phase 1) of the Impact Assessment for the CFP 2012 reform.
Studies requested by the European Commission and coordinated by MRAG Ltd.
Nordic Council of Ministers/NAF (Working Group on Fishery Research)
Conference on regionalisation of the EU Common Fisheries Policy, and KYSTogFISK workshop in the Nordic Network for Social Science Research in Marine Resource Management and Coastal Community Development. 13-14 October.
Nordic Council of Ministers
3 short notes on Nordic experiences with fisheries management (for use in the discussion of the green paper on the CFP). Coordinated by IFM with MaReMa, Tromsø as partner.
OECD
Background report on the economic development potential of and challenges facing the fisheries industry in the North Atlantic region.
2008-2009
DTU Aqua
SPICOSA. The Limfiord in Denmark is one among 18 European SPICOSA case sites. IFM participates as sub-contractor to DTU Aqua.
European Commission
EU FISH/2007/03. An analysis of existing Rights Based Management (RBM) instruments in Member States and on setting up best practises in the EU. Cooperation with MRAG Ltd.
Norad
Assignment on Reviewing the Cooperation in the Fisheries Sector between South Africa and Norway. August 2008.
2008
European Commission
FISH/2006/09 - Studies in the fields of the Common Fisheries Policy and Maritime Affairs. Lot 4 - Impact Assessments:
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Impact of a proposal for a Council Regulation on the reform and modernisation of the control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy
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Impact of measures envisaged under the EU Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks
Studies requested by the European Commission and coordinated by MRAG Ltd.
Nordic Council of Ministers/NAF (Working Group on Fishery Research)
Hybrid management systems and their impact on the industry and the local communities. KYSTogFISK workshop November 2008. See www.kystogfisk.dk.
2007
Danida
Facilitation of the development of the future strategy for the Marine Fisheries Specialist Team (MFST), Vietnam.
DEFRA
Advisor to the North Sea Women’s Network for a DEFRA funded UK Port study – the objective of which is to develop a framework within which socioeconomic data will be made more accessible to managers and people who need it.
European Commission
Study on “Profiling of small-scale fishing communities in the Baltic Sea”
IFADAP/INGA (Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Portugal)
IFM subcontracted by TECNINVEST on the project entitled "Evaluation of Trade of Fresh and Refrigerated Fish in Mainland Portugal". IFM is going to describe the first sale and marketing system of fresh and refrigerated fish in Denmark, including the identification and proposal of good practices for case studies.
Nordic Council of Ministers/NAF (Working Group on Fishery Research)
Establishment of Nordic Network for Social Science Research in Marine Resource Management and Coastal Community Development - coordinated by IFM. See www.kystogfisk.dk.
2006
Asian Development Bank
TA 6143-CAM: Promoting gender equality and women's empowerment - GAD activitity for enhancing the role of women in inland fisheries in Cambodia. Gender Specialist and Fisheries Policy Development Specialist/Team Leader.
European Commission
Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Europe. Country Case Assessment – Denmark. Subcontractor to Rupprecht Consult — Forschung & Beratung GmbH.
Norad
Programme desk appraisal. FAO/Government of Norway Cooperative Programme "Strengthening the Knowledge Base for and Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Marine Fisheries in Developing Countries".
Norad
Assisting the Fisheries Law Project to complete the planning process for undertaking two pilot projects in Vietnam.
The World Bank Group
Environmental Management of Aquaculture Investments in Vietnam. Assessment of environmental issues, impacts/risks and management strategies and guidelines for mitigation of environmental risks.
The World Bank Group
Strategic partnership for fisheries in Mauretania. Initial scoping mission to develop a concept note for the fisheries sector strategy.
2005
Danida
Support to formulation of a national development strategy of VINAFIS. Fisheries Sector Programme Support. Vietnam.
Danida
Support to Data Analysis and Multidisciplinary Advice Provided to Decision-makers. Fisheries Sector Programme Support, Sub-Component: Assessment of the Living Marine Resources of Vietnam, Phase II.
Danida
Support on development of Fishery Profiles as input to multidisciplinary planning for sustainable capture fishery development at provincial level. Fisheries Sector Programme Support, Sub-Component: Assessment of the Living Marine Resources of Vietnam, Phase II.
Danida
Support to seminar on fisheries policy, law and management for high-level decision makers in MOFI. Vietnam.
Norad
Results and Impact Review of Norwegian/South African cooperation in the Fisheries Sector 1995-2005.
Norad
Evaluation of the international education on fisheries management at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Tromsø.
WorldFish Center
Assistance to the WorldFish Center with the finalization of the draft report on Development of Fisheries Policy in Cambodia - a Guide for Research on the Institutional and Legal context.
2004-2007
Danida
"The role of fish in food and nutrition security in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Kenya". Subcontracted by IFReDI, Cambodia.
2004-2006
ESPON
Action Project 2.1.5 Territorial impacts of European Fisheries Policy.
2004-2005
Danida
Component Formulation: i) Strengthening of the fisheries administration &
Mekong River Commission
Mekong Fisheries Field Academy. Post academic training programme for MRC Fisheries Programme counterpart institutions.
WorldFish Center
Assistance in the finalization of the technical and scientific outputs covering research findings in Asia and Africa under the International Fisheries Co-Management Project.
2004
Danida
Multidisciplinary planning for sustainable freshwater aquaculture development. Fisheries Sector Programme Support. Vietnam.
FAO
The Nansen Programme beyond 2005. Preparation of Concept Note: Implementing Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries in Developing Countries and Review of Priority Issues in Global/Regional Fisheries Management and Overview of ongoing LME projects.
Mekong River Commission
Mekong River Commission Fisheries Program, Phase 2. Formulation Mission.
NORAD
Review and Appraisal
Fisheries Cooperation Angola - Norway. 2004-2005.
WorldFish Center/DFID
Finalization of the output of the Governance and Institutional Changes in Fisheries - Impact on Poverty Reduction and Environmental Integrity in Developing Countries workshop held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 6 to 7 October 2004
.2003-2006
Danida/Mekong River Commission
Twinning arrangement between IFM and IFReDI (Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Cambodia).
2003-2004
Asian Development Bank/World FishCenter
Technical Assistance to Capacity Building of the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Cambodia. In charge of Policy Development and Dialogue Component.
Danida
Support to Data Analysis and Multidisciplinary Advice Provided to Decision-makers. Fisheries Sector Programme Support Sub-Component: ALMRV, Phase II, Vietnam.
Nordic Council of Ministers
Indirect Stakeholders in Fisheries Management. Analysis coordinated by IFM.
2003
DFID
Output-to purpose review of SIFAR Project (Support Unit for International Fisheries and Aquatic Research located at FAO).
FAO
ACFR Working Party on Small-scale Marine Fisheries.
Theme 4: Management regimes - past and present. Background papers on "Small-scale fisheries; past experience and future solutions".
NORAD
Preparation work of the Project "Establishment of Vietnam Fisheries Law and Regulations" for the Phase II.
2002
Danida
Development of a Methodology for Organizational Analysis of the Fisheries Administration in Vietnam.
Danida
Vietnam Association of Fisheries (VINAFIS). Analysis and Assessment.
Danida
Fisheries Programme Mekong River Commission. Review/formulation.
European Commission
Impact of FIFG measures on the fish processing industry. Study coordinated by Nautilus Consultants.
ICLARM
Assistance in drafting ICLARM Medium Term Research Plan 2003-2005.
Marine Stewardship Council
Assessing small-scale fisheries against the MSC standard.
NORAD
An assessment of the possible inclusion of the Nansen programme into global fisheries or environmental activities or programmes.
NORAD
Review of institutional co-operation in fisheries research and management. Mozambique - Norway.
NORAD
Establishment of Vietnam's Fisheries Law and Regulations. Review.
NORAD
Developing a strategy for future Norwegian support to the fishery sector in Vietnam.
2001-2005
Danida
Twinning arrangements between LARReC and IFM, Lao PDR.
2001-2002
Danida
Strengthening the fisheries management in Vietnam. In co-operation with DIFRES.
Nordic Council of Ministers
Environmental aspects of the common fisheries policy - CFP. Analysis coordinated by IFM.
2001
Danida
Kamaru Bay Fishing Community Project, Buton Island, Indonesia. Sub-consultant to Matcon. Project re-appraisal.
Danida
National Capacity Development Project, Phase II. Lao PDR. Project identification and formulation.
Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute (LKFRI)
Assistance to LKFRI in setting-up an economic data collection programme for the Kapenta fishery at Lake Kariba.
Mekong River Commission
Institutional Reform: Restructuring the Department of Fisheries in Cambodia.
Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council
A social impact assessment of an amendment to the surf clam and ocean quahog fisheries management plan. Primary contractor: Rutgers University.
NORAD
A study of visions and options for the future work of the Nansen programme (2004-2007).
NORAD
Evaluation of the BENEFIT Project, Namibia.
Norwegian Research Council
Evaluation of Norwegian fisheries research institutions.
2000-2004
Danida
Training courses regarding fisheries management in the coastal zone at Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok under the International Coastal Zone Management Special Programme.
2000
DANCED
Options for the future of the South African fishmeal industry. Project component of a larger project entitled: Cleaner Production in the South African Fish Industry undertaken by the Danish Technological Institute. Review.
Danida
Fisheries Sector Program Support, Vietnam. 1st Joint Annual Review.
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Assistance to the Lithuanian fishing industry in establishing a Producers Organisation in Lithuania. Evaluation of project proposal.
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The status of Lithuania meeting accession requirements in the fisheries sector and future Danish Assistance to the fisheries sector in Lithuania. Identification report.
NORAD
Study of the fisheries sector in Mozambique.
1999
DANCED
Danish-SE Asian Collaboration in Tropical Coastal Ecosystems Research and Training. Review.
Danida
Formulation of the LARReC (Living Aquatic Resources Research Center in Lao PDR) medium term research plan.
Danida
Joint Review of Gaza Fisheries Project.
Danida
Second Annual Joint DNP/Danida sector review of the Sector Programme Support to the Semi-industrial Fisheries in Mozambique.
ICES
The Status of Fisheries of Northern Seas. Report prepared for Nordic Council of Ministers.
Mekong River Commission
Assessment of Mekong Fisheries - Fish Migrations and Spawning and Impact of Water Management. Mid-Term Review.
NORAD
LAO-xxx/NINA Migration spawning and harvest of Mekong fish species. Project appraisal.
NORAD
The UNDP/Mekong River Commission (MRC) support programme. Project appraisal.
NORAD
Zambia-Zimbabwe SADC Fisheries Project: Consolidation Phase. Workshop.
1998
Danida
Assessment of the Living Marine Resources in Vietnam, Phase II. Project appraisal.
Danida
National Aquatic Resources Research Institute, Lao PDR. Project appraisal.
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Support to the Fisheries Administrations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Project appraisal.
FAO/SIFAR
SIFAR Strategy and Workplan 1998/99. Programme planning.
Mekong River Commission
Assessment of Mekong Fisherires Project. Project review.
1997
FAO
Bay of Bengal Programme. Evaluation.
NORAD
Zambia /Zimbabwe SADC Fisheries Project Lake Kariba. Review.
Nordic Council of Ministers
Integrated Coastal Zone Management as Subject for Nordic (Fisheries) Research Cooperation. Review.
UNDP
Aquatic Research Support Unit at FAO. Proposal.
1996-97
Mekong River Commission
Strengthening of Inland Fisheries Information Systems in the Lower Mekong Basin (Basinwide). Project pre-appraisal.
1996
ICLARM
ICLARM New Headquarters at Subic Bay. Concept development.
Mekong River Commission
Assessment of Impacts of Water Management on Fisheries Resources. Project appraisal.
Mekong River Commission
Migration and Spawning of Mekong Fish Species. Project appraisal.
Mekong River Commission
Rural Extension for Aquaculture Development in the Mekong Delta. Project appraisal.
Mekong River Commission
Management of Freshwater Capture Fisheries of Cambodia, Phase 1. Project review.
1995
Danida
Technical Assistance to Mekong River Commission. Project review.
Danida
Fisheries Sector Master Plan (Vietnam). Project identification.
FAO
Kyoto Conference on "Sustainable Contribution of Fisheries to Food Security". Technical preparation.
UNDP
Strategy for International Fisheries Research, SIFR. Evaluation.
1994
Danida
Preparation of project proposal for reformulation of IDPPE project component: "Support to the Small-Scale Fisheries sector in Sofala Province, Mozambique".
Danida
Assistance to Secretariat of State for Fisheries (SEP) in Mozambique: "Completion of Fisheries Sector Master Plan".
Danida
Fisheries Sector Analytical Paper: "Mozambique".
FAO
Technical Support Project: Rationalization of the (former USSR) Distant-Water Fishing Fleet (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).
IFAD
Oxbow Lakes Small-scale Fishermen Project (Bangladesh). Mid-term review.
1993
NORAD
Zambia/Zimbabwe SADC Fisheries Project, Lake Kariba. Review.
IFM Consultancies - National
2008-2009
North Jutland Region - Vækstforum/Den Europæiske Fond for Regionaludvikling (European Regional Development Fund)
Forprojektet ’Fiskeindustri’ - Delklyngebeskrivelse for Fiskerisektoren (pilot project to describe the ‘part cluster’ within the fisheries sector).
Det Norske Veritas
MSC certification of the Danish Pelagic Fishery. Assessment expert for the MSC certification of the DPPO (Danish Pelagic Producer Organization) pelagic fleet: North Sea herring fishery, North-East Atlantic mackerel fishery, Atlanto-Scandian herring fishery.
2008
Directorate for Food, Fisheries and AgriBusiness (DFFE)/ North Jutland Region
The North Jutland fishery municipalities network. The project is a pilot project for establishing a network between the six fishery dependent municipalities in North Jutland.
North Jutland Region - Vækstforum/Den Europæiske Fond for Regionaludvikling (European Regional Development Fund)
Nordjysk videnfyrtårn på fiskeriområdet.The project is looking into the needs and possibilities for an intensified cooperation between the fishing industry and knowledge institutions in Northern Jutland about consequences and possibilities in connection with global development trends.
2007
Directorate for Food, Fisheries and AgriBusiness (DFFE), The Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
"Kodeks 2. Development of a Whitepaper on the Danish pelagic fish processing industry" for the Association of Danish Fish Processors and Exporters. IFM in collaboration with Gemba Seafood and Danish Standard.
2006-2008
Directorate for Food, Fisheries and Agri Business (DFFE), The Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Code of Conduct for a sustainable and responsible fishery – with the pelagic fishery as a case (Kodeks for et bæredygtigt og ansvarligt fiskeri – med det pelagiske fiskeri som case)
2004
Directorate for Food, Fisheries and AgriBusiness (DFFE), The Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
"Dansk fiskeindustris muligheder i den globale økonomi". Analysis of the prospects for the Danish fishing industry in the global economy.
2003
Directorate for Food, Fisheries and AgriBusiness (DFFE), The Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Mid-term evaluation of the FIUF programme 2000-2006.
Directorate for Food, Fisheries and Agri Business (DFFE), The Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Evaluation of the FIUF and PESCA programmes 1994-99.
2002
Danish Pelagic Producers' Organisation
The present situation of the Danish protein fisheries and the possible consequences for the pelagic fleet. Memorandum.
2001-2002
Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Feasibility study on development of Fiskens Hus, Skagen.
2001
Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Fish in catering. Lene Møller Christensen (Fødevaredirektoratet) and Torben Kronborg Pihl (IFM): Fisk i catering. Analyse af behovet for at udvikle markedet for fisk i storkøkkensektoren.
1999
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Integrated coastal zone management in Denmark. Helle Tegner Anker, Vibeke Nellemann (FSL) and Sten Sverdrup-Jensen (IFM): Conclusions and perspectives.
1998
Vendsyssel Industrial Development Council, Skagen Municipality and The Industrial Development Council of Hirtshals
"Fishing Communities in Transition". Policy brief.
Association of Danish Fish Processing Industries and Exporters, Esbjerg Pelagic Trawler Club, Employers' Association of the Danish Fish Canning Industries, Purse Seiners' Producer Organisation and Skagen Fishermen's Producer Organisation
"Outlook for the Pelagic Fisheries Sector in Denmark". Discussion paper.
Trade and Industry Development Council of Bornholm
Analysis of the Prospects for the Fishing Industry in Bornholm.
1997-98
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Integrated coastal zone management. Helle Tegner Anker (CeSaM): Eksisterende regulering af det danske kystområde. Vibeke Nellemann (FSL) og Sten Sverdrup-Jensen (IFM): Vurdering af praksis i kystzoneforvaltningen i Danmark. Study.
1997
County of Ribe and Municipality of Esbjerg
Study of the prospects for the Esbjerg Fishing Port.
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Integrated coastal zone management. Jesper Duer Pedersen (IFM) og Sten Sverdrup-Jensen (IFM)Internationale erfaringer med integreret kystzoneforvaltning. Study.
1996
North Jutland County Council
Planning of "Business Innovation Center" Concept development.
North Jutland County Council
Planning of "North Jutland Objective 2 Programme 1997-2000" (EU Structural Funds Programme)
North Jutland County Council
Feasibility study on establishing a research center at the North Sea Centre for cleaner technology in the food sector.
Fishing Vessel 2000
Development of research and test concept for Fishing Vessel 2000.
1995
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries/Municipality of Skagen
"The Future of Skagen as Center for Landing, Processing and Distribution of Pelagic Fish - Global Market Perspectives and Local Initiatives". Study.
Industrial Development Council of North Jutland
Proposal for establishing an alternative Danish fisheries regulation.
Fishing Vessel 2000
Estimation of vessel profitability for different gear types in various Danish seasonal fisheries.
1994
Industrial Development Council of North Jutland
"Perspective Plan for the Fisheries Sector in North Jutland, 1994-1998".
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