Webinar on the MARINE SABRES project

On February 21st, 2024, Catherine Chambers and Gemma Smith presented the Marine SABRES project, a European Union-funded research project that seeks to conserve biodiversity and promote a resilient blue economy. By integrating expertise from biological and social sciences, the project aims to improve the management of Europe's oceans and seas and support a sustainable blue economy by increasing the uptake of ecosystem-based management in Europe. Marine SABRES brings together 21 research partners to restore marine biodiversity and support a sustainable blue economy by increasing the uptake of ecosystem-based management in Europe.

The session focused on the Arctic Northeast Atlantic case study. Pelagic fisheries (including mackerel, herring, capelin, and blue whiting) in the Northeast Atlantic involve a complex of political, environmental, social, and economic factors in a system dependent on industrial fishing and vertically integrated companies that operate internationally, compete internationally, and yet depend on international cooperation for long-term sustainability and continued access to fisheries with shifting distributions. In this way, the Northeast Atlantic pelagic fisheries make for an interesting case study in how to establish participation and knowledge exchange between sectors, stakeholders, and rightsholders

You can watch the webinar on the BlueMissionAA CSA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta3eDUP18W0