Work package 2:
Technological and social solutions
The aim of work package 2 is to develop and test innovative technological and social solutions to avoid unwanted catches, discarding and utilisation of bycatch, in collaboration with fishermen and other actors in European fisheries.
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Objectives
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Identify potential solutions for minimising unwanted catches, based on existing stakeholder knowledge.
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Coordinate stakeholder-defined solutions.
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Facilitate stakeholder capacity to enact solutions.
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Review state of the art methods and identify ways of improving the selectivity of fishing gear and methods.
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Develop methods for non-destructive and real-time analysis of potential catch composition.
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Modify current fishing practices to avoid unwanted catches.
![Number 7](http://minouw-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/objective-num7.png)
Use novel stimuli to avoid unwanted catches.
![Number 8](http://minouw-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/objective-num8.png)
Development alternative fishing techniques to avoid unwanted catches.
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Assess and promote the potential survival of released catch.
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Assess the economic impact of technological and social solutions to minimising unwanted catches on the fishing industry and technology-related companies.