INCOFISH WP 2

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INCOFISH WP 2
Shifting Baselines

• WP Leader
• David J. Starkey
• University of Hull, UK

Start-Up Workshop Kiel, 5 October 2005
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• Goal

To examine the patterns of long-term change in
selected coastal ecosystems and thereby establish
targets for the restoration and sustainable use
of living marine resources
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• Objectives

1. To identify, validate and assemble historical
data relating to key aquatic resources in
selected LMEs
2. To collate, analyse and disseminate
historical data collected and processed in 1
3. To establish baselines against which the
current status of aquatic resources and LMEs
can be evaluated
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• Deliverables

D2.1 construct database of historical data
(available through WP1, month 19)
D2.2 assemble baseline data from 2.1 in
database (supply to other WPs disseminate via
WP1, month 25)
D2.3 report on baseline data and
analysis (month 34)
D2.4 publish 5 scientific papers (month 34)
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• Milestones

Workshop 1 Baselines A Viable Concept?
(March 2006 Estonia) Workshop 2 theme to be
decided (July 2007 Galapagos)
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Hull team assembled

• Progress so far 1

Joanne Phillips BSc Marine Biology MSc Coastal
Fisheries
John Nicholls IT Advisor
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Progress so far 2
8 partners contracted
Parameters of partners research project
established (as follows )
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INCOFISH WP2 PARTNERS
Denmark University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
Estonia Estonian Marine Institute, University of
Tartu

• United Kingdom
• The University of Aberdeen (UNIABDN)
• The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and
  Aquaculture Science, UK (CEFAS)
• Maritime Historical Studies Centre, Hull

Colombia Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)
Galapagos Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF)
Peru Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE)
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INCOFISH WP2 PARTNERS
Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE)
Location Humboldt Current LME
Timeframe 1950 - 2004
Species Hake (Merluccius gayi peruanus) Lumptai
l searobin (Prionotus stephanophrys) Peruvian
rock seabass (Paralabrax humeralis) Peruvian
banded croaker (Paralonchurus peruanus)
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Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos
Islands (CDF)
Location Galapagos Marine Reserve
Timeframe 1950 - 2004
Species Sea cucumber Spiny lobster, Slipper
lobster Some bony fish
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)
Location Columbian Caribbean Sea (13oN 8oN
71oW 77oW)
Timeframe 1970 - present
Species Snappers (Lutjanidae) Sharks
Rays Invertebrates
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Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu
Location East Baltic Sea Estonian and Russian
coasts Baltic coasts of Denmark and Sweden
Timeframe 1600 - present
Species Coastal - perch, pike, roach Open
water - cod, herring, sprat, flatfish
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Baltic Sea hydrographic gradients affect
species distribution
       
Relatively few species due to Physiological stress
-relatively few species due to physiological stres
s
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University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
Location Wadden Sea - SW coastal part of
Denmark NW coast of Germany and N coast of The
Netherlands
Timeframe Last 1000 years of exploitation
concentrating on the period from 1600 up to the
present
Species All species, especially indicator
species and key commercial species
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University of Aberdeen (UNIABDN)
Location North Sea off the Scottish coast
Timeframe 1965-present
Species herring, cod
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The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and
Aquaculture Science, UK (CEFAS)
Location North Sea
Timeframe 1880 present (especially
1991)
Species 65 functional groups
(including 36 fishes, seabirds, 8 groups of
sharks rays, 3 groups of marine mammals,
discards/offal)
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The North Sea (ICES area IV LME 22)
Spawning Stock Biomass, 1960-2005
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University of Hull (UHULL)
Location Benguela??
Timeframe 1910-present
Species Abalone, lobsters??
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WP2 Decisions taken at Start-up Workshop
Roles responsibilities within WP2 Agreed as
per Annex 1 WP2 objectives To be assessed
revised at workshop 1 Parameters of
research projects Confirmed (as
above) Milestones Revised (as
above) Deliverables List of publication
prospects (8) devised Database
design Hull IT specialist to liaise with
WP1 To be discussed at Workshop 1

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WP 2 Contacts

• David J. Starkey (d.j.starkey_at_hull.ac.uk)
• Joanne Phillips (j.phillips_at_hull.ac.uk)
• John Nicholls (j.nicholls_at_hull.ac.uk)

Maritime Historical Studies Centre (MHSC) Blaydes
House 6 High Street Hull HU1 1HA United Kingdom
Tel. [phone] Fax.[phone]