The purpose of the STICKMAN project is to pave the way for a new fishing opportunity for the Danish fishing sector. This stickleback fishery should aim at economic and ecological sustainable catch levels, with positive effects on ecosystem services and functioning as well as low negative influence on other ecosystem components and climate.
In the Baltic Sea, a conspicuous ecological transformation has been going on over the past decade, where the biomass of once abundant cod and herring have declined dramatically, while the three-spined sticklebacks have proliferated and biomass is literally surging, signaling significant alterations in the ecosystem dynamics. Concurrently, it has become challenging to maintain an economically sustainable fishery for the industry. There is therefore a great interest from the industry to explore the possibility for an economically and ecologically sustainable fishery on stickleback in the Baltic Sea.
- Name of organisation
- DTU Aqua
- Type of organisation
- Research and academia
- Type of action proposed
- Research and innovation
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversityMake the sustainable blue economy carbon-neutral and circular
- List of Partners
Danmarks Pelagiske Producentorganisation (DPPO), Danmarks Fiskeriforening Producentorganisation (DFPO), Redskabsfremstiller Egersund Trawl DK A/S, Fiskemel/olue producent Marine Ingredients Denmark (MID)
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 1302000
- Basin coverage
- Baltic/North Sea
- kahu@dtu.dk
- Country
- Denmark