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| + | There have been ongoing initiatives to catalogue, quality control, permanently store and/or redistribute historical data of formal and centralized reports on sea fisheries in the eligible area (e.g. Engelhard, 2005; Lescrauwaet et al., 2010; …). The main aim of this activity is to draw further on and broaden existing initiatives to provide a longer term perspective on the current and historical importance of inshore fisheries to coastal communities in the eligible area of the southern North Sea and Channel in terms of volume of landings, economic value and direct employment and their relative importance in the sector as a whole (including offshore fisheries). | ||
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| + | Through an inventory of data sources and subsequent digitization, quality control, standardization and integration of historical data (depending on data availability and quality) this activity wants to: | ||
| + | * Construct a common view of inshore fisheries and use a historical reference to underline its historical importance and/or future potential as a source of local and fresh food, employment, economic resource. | ||
| + | * Map the importance of local diversity and trends in inshore fisheries within the region. | ||
== What specific questions do we want to answer in this activity? == | == What specific questions do we want to answer in this activity? == | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 22 November 2013
Introduction
Objectives
There have been ongoing initiatives to catalogue, quality control, permanently store and/or redistribute historical data of formal and centralized reports on sea fisheries in the eligible area (e.g. Engelhard, 2005; Lescrauwaet et al., 2010; …). The main aim of this activity is to draw further on and broaden existing initiatives to provide a longer term perspective on the current and historical importance of inshore fisheries to coastal communities in the eligible area of the southern North Sea and Channel in terms of volume of landings, economic value and direct employment and their relative importance in the sector as a whole (including offshore fisheries).
Through an inventory of data sources and subsequent digitization, quality control, standardization and integration of historical data (depending on data availability and quality) this activity wants to:
- Construct a common view of inshore fisheries and use a historical reference to underline its historical importance and/or future potential as a source of local and fresh food, employment, economic resource.
- Map the importance of local diversity and trends in inshore fisheries within the region.
What specific questions do we want to answer in this activity?
- How did direct employment in inshore fisheries change over time?
- How did economic value, volume and composition of landings of inshore fisheries change over time? Which species were most landed by inshore fisheries? How are species of inshore fisheries valued?
- How do the trends and issues above relate to those in the fisheries sector as a whole?
- What are the differences/resemblances with different partner regions?
- What information sources are available to document the historical relevance of inshore fisheries in the study area from the parameters described above? (metadata-inventory)
