REDUCE project

Remind that today we are holding a new exciting "Join Webinar on Fisheries #bycatch", now extended to six sister projects with the incorporatoin of "Sea4Future".
“BEAM – A Bycatch Evaluation and Assessment Matrix” by
David Lusseau (DTU).
Open access on:
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We have a new conference on the way as part of the Join Webinars on Fisheries #bycatch. David Lusseau from DTU (project CIBBRiNA) will be presenting “BEAM – A Bycatch Evaluation and Assessment Matrix". Next Friday 6 February, from 12.00-13.00 CET
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This international study, just published in the journal Fish and Fisheries, presents a practical guide on how AI be applied to marine ecosystems research – from cameras on board fishing boats to models that predict ocean health – is transparent, safe, and validated.

Our colleagues Catarina Silva (UC) and Sebastian Villasante (USC) are co-authors of an international study on how Artificial intelligence can enhance ocean protection: “Towards Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Marine Research, Fisheries and Environmental Management” (doi.org/10.1111/faf....)

#BBNJ

REDUCE is working in generating scientific knowledge for sustainable fisheries management in ECAO waters, in line with those #BBNJ focus areas for fisheries like Environmental impact assessment, Area-based management tools and Capacity building.

The #BBNJ Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction has come into force. As fisheries matter, it includes key elements to be considered by all fisheries and research related stakeholders.
www.un.org/bbnjagreemen...

Our partner CETMAR is hiring!
🛑JOB OPPORTUNITY:
Technician in scientific-technical activities related to bycatch projects.
Full job description➡️https://cetmar.org/work-offers/?lang=en
Contract: open term contract upon funding availability.
Closing date📅 11th February 2026, at 14.00 (CET).

We´ve enjoyed an interesting presentatoin by Chelsea Gray, who has talked about the individual-based model (IBM) method tested for basking shark to simulate aggregations of the species in Irish waters and how to communicate complex model results to policy makers through the so-called “one pager”.

Remind we are delivering a new Joint webinar on fisheries by-catch. Today, at 12.00, we have Chelsea Gray from our sister project Marine Beacon speaking about their research on bask shark.
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A new conference is on its way for the next edition of Webinars on Fisheries #bycatch, this Friday 23 of January with a presentation by Chelsea Gray from the Irish Basking Shark Group, partner of our sister project "Marine Beacon".
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We have met yesterday with pelagic long line skippers from the fleet of Peniche (Portugal). We have reviewed the progress of the trials of Electronic Monitoring Systems as well as new collaborations on board for #ETPBycatch mitigation measures tests, tagging and study of the occurrence of BYC.

A new conference is on its way for the next edition of Webinars on Fisheries #bycatch, this Friday 23 of January with a presentation by Chelsea Gray from the Irish Basking Shark Group, partner of our sister project "Marine Beacon".
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Kind reminder of our first new year´s Joint webinar on technical measures to reduce the by catch rate of the old traditional fishing gear "xávega".
@cibbrina.bsky.social, @marinebeacon.bsky.social, ECO-CATCH, MarineGuardian, ZifePrometheus.
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We are resuming our Joint Webinars on Fisheries #bycatch this Friday 16.01.2026 with a presentation by Ana Marçalo from the project Marine Guardian.
@cibbrina.bsky.social, @marinebeacon.bsky.social, ECO-CATCH MarineGuardian and LifePrometheus.
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REDUCE Newsletter_Dec.2025 - Reduce In this first edition of the Newsletter we are sharing the progress of the project so far. It is also a place, jointly with the project website and social media, to report on the perform and outcomes ...

The 1st REDUCE newsletter is en route to keep you up to date on the progress of the project, share information on the tasks developed by our partners and report on a variety of topics and events related to fisheries and #bycatch mitigation in #ECAO waters.
reducebycatch.eu/newsletter/r...

He presented the results of an extensive bycatch monitoring and satellite-tagging program conducted in the South Adriatic Sea, where 45 blue sharks were tracked to understand their survival and daily movements.

Last Friday we enjoyed a lovely presentation by Pierluigi Carbonara (COISPA) from the sister project Life Prometheus on the research he develops on blue shark in the South Adriatic Sea: behaviour, bycatch mitigation measures and conservation insights for the species in that sea.

Kind reminder of our new Joint Webinar, today at 12. 00 CET.
A view on blue shark research and management in the Adriatic Sea, by Pierluigi Carbonara from COISPA in Italy.

This Friday, Pierluigi Carbonara from the poroject LIFE PROMETHEUS will be delivering our 14th Joint Webinar on bycatch.
With @cibbrina.bsky.social @marinebeacon.bsky.social
ECO-CATCH MarineGuardian LifePrometheus. #ETPBycatchReduction
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2025 ICES Advice on bycatch of endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species of marine mammals, seabirds, marine turtles and selected fish species of bycatch relevance.
byc.eu. doi.org/10.17895/ice...

We would like to give special thanks to FPOs General Managers for their open attitude and willingness to receive us in their headquarters in the beautiful Galician ports of A Guarda, Vigo, Marín and Burela.
We are already setting sails to start performing REDUCE tasks with such dinamic FPOs.

We see interesting opportunities for collaborative work between REDUCE and these FPOs around different topics like EMS, bycatch monitoring data, onboard trials,tagging, observer collaborative program, socioeconomics, fishers´ ecologic knowledge, etc for cocreation of feasible mitigation measures.

FPOs managers and technical staff have also provided relevant information on the regulatory framework, and the proactive aptitude to be nowadays an industry fully committed to fishing sustainability and aligned with policies and recommendations to notably reduce the ratio of ETPs bycatch.

We have gone through vibrant work sessions with experienced skippers participating in the discussion and providing key information on fishing operations and megafauna interactions, areas, seasons, extent, frequency and their expectative on the project return for the industry.

It´s been a fruitful round of meetings in 4 major fishing ports in Galicia, where researchers, FPOs representatives and skippers exchanged views on bycatch of megafauna, impacts on the ecosystem and fishers themselves, mitigation measures and common goals to work together to cope with the issue.

This week REDUCE has met with EU leading Fishing Producer Organizations (FPO) of long line fisheries from Galicia operating in waters of the East Central Atlantic Ocean to explore collaborative work between science and fishing industry on #ETPBycatchReduction measures in this maritime area.

She presented a poster and shared insights on the reaserch of incidental capture of megafauna and design mitigation measues to Reduce bycatch and advancing marine conservation. Then she joined a discussion on what fuels curiosity in science and challenges of securing funding for scientific research