Led by The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Overview: The Bay of Biscay is a biodiverse and dynamic region where climate change is affecting demersal fisheries. The local bottom trawl fleet, which accounts for around 17% of Spanish landings, targets valuable species but operates in a rapidly changing environment.
Challenges: Climate change is altering fish distributions and ecosystem dynamics. The fishery faces high discard rates, bycatch, and fragmented data, making effective management more difficult.
Solutions: Develop AI-assisted decision-support tools using dynamic maps to predict fish abundance, bycatch, and discards under future climate scenarios. Use ecosystem models to guide adaptation strategies and explore sustainable uses of emerging species.
Hake, megrim, blue whiting, horse mackerel, anglerfish
Demersal trawlers
AI-based dynamic maps to reduce bycatch and discards and support sustainable use of emerging species
Species: Mackerel, herring and blue whiting
Fleet: Pelagic trawlers and purse seiners
Case Study Lead: Sjókovin
State: Overfishing, climate change, and political tensions threaten some of the most sustainable and nutritious fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic...
Species: Cod, haddock, whiting, saithe, hake, plaice, sole
Fleet: Demersal trawlers
Case Study Lead: Heriot-Watt University
State: Climate change, shifting fish stocks, and ongoing bycatch threaten the future of North Sea fisheries...
Species: Cod, haddock, saithe, redfish, calanus
Fleet: Industrial
Case Study Lead: Matis
State: Iceland’s vital seafood sector faces mounting climate pressures - see how innovation in gear, strategy, and sustainability tools could reshape Europe’s second-largest fishing nation.
Species: Picarel, bogue, red mullet, spinefoot, albacore, swordfish, bluefin tuna
Fleet: long liners and small-scale
Case Study Lead: DMFR
State: Cyprus’s traditional fisheries face climate threats and invasive species - discover how tech and innovation are helping protect their future and coastal way of life.
Species: striped red mullet, seabream species, bogue, lionfish, silver-cheeked toadfish read sea goatfish
Fleet: small-scale fisheries using nets, traps and longlines
Case Study Lead: AUA
State: In Greece, small-scale fishers battle climate change, invasive species, and economic decline...