Precision fishing
...ulture, precision technology and high-tech applications are becoming more and more commonplace. The fishing industry is going through the same evolution: hardware, software and apps are being devel...
Fishing gear innovation
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Status of the fish stocks
Where do Belgian commercial fishermen fish? What species do they catch and how much? What is the state of fish stocks in those places, and how exactly is that calculated? When can we speak of a sustai...
EveryFish: Digital transition of catch monitoring in European Fisheries
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
EveryFish aims to develop technologies and strategies for fully automated monitoring and control of fishing activities
Testing Innovations in Passive Fisheries- Technical Optimization Pot Fisheries
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
As a future professional Belgian pot angler, what lures should you put in the pots to let a certain selective (fish) species swim/creep in
Fishing vessel of the future
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
This ILVO-coordinated research project focuses on making fuel consumption in Belgian fisheries more sustainable and efficient.
Monitoring recreational sea fisheries in Belgium
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
How does recreational fishing in Belgium evolve from year to year?
A seabed quality barometer for fishing grounds
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
Which indicators can we use to determine the impact of professional bottom trawling fisheries on the seabed?
Ecosystem based management for sustainable fisheries and healthy marine ecosystems
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
The ECOSCOPE project aims at improved fisheries management that balances a healthy marine ecosystem with sustainable fisheries.
Fishing industry
Shipowners, fishers, fishmongers, and the parties involved in the fishing industry policy will find an answer to the question “what can ILVO do for me?” here. You’ll get a brief overview of relevant e...
Strengthening the scientific knowledge base of the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
What are the characteristics of the pelagic fish community in the Central Arctic Ocean, in terms of biodiversity, spatial and temporal distribution, ecology and connectivity?
Development of an innovative and lighter chain mat for beam trawl fishing.
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
ILVO is conducting experiments with a new type of fishing gear, namely a lighter, more efficient chain mat, a matrix of horizontal and vertical chains that drags across the seabed in front of the net ...
Support for the fishery measures in the Belgian part of the North Sea
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
General introductionWhich commercial fishing activities take place in the areas that Belgium wants to protect as underwater habitat, and by extension in the entire Belgian part of the North Sea (B...
National Data Collection Program in support of the Common Fisheries Policy and ecosystem approach.
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
How do fish stocks evolve from year to year for a number of commercial fish species that are important for the Belgian fisheries?
Fisheries Information System & Tools: Centralization and integration of fleet information in a GIS Application
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
The VISTools II project focused on (1) the improvement en expansion of the VISTools systeem, (2) analysing the feasibility of upscaling the system to other fishing vessels and ...
Biological fishery data
...ological and ecosystem data with the objective to provide biological advice for the European Common Fisheries Policy. The focus is on the Belgian fisheries and its fished species and areas. In addi...
Analaysis and use of synthetic data to optimalise the automatci recognition, classificationa and recognition to measure catches in mixed demersal fisheries
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
In the SynFish project, the researchers are focusing on generating synthetic datasets of fish species, to (also) approximate real data.
Boxwood moth
...(Cydalima perspectalis) in Flanders' (link to PURE), funded by the Flemish Fund for Agriculture and Fisheries of Department of Agriculture & Fisheries. ILVO and the Proefcentrum voor Sierteelt ...
Coastal protection
...d sampling of a foreshore replenishment area in Ameland, the Netherlands. ILVO sampled and analyzed fish and epibenthos - invertebrates living on the seabed - in the impact zone and a reference are...
Soil health
...en sustainable soil management.ILVO works together with the Department of Agriculture & Fisheries to open up soil data via a soil passport. Healthy soil as part of the system Th...
Allergens
...igital droplet PCR (ddPCR) has numerous applications for, among others, determining the identity of fish, GMO detection and quantification. This PCR-based technology has specific advantages in term...
Algae: seaweed and microalgae
...ulture and aquaculture - in which seawater is used to grow food - is still great. We often think of fish, mussels, oysters and shrimp, but seaweed and microalgae can also be cultivated in salt wate...
Application of AI and 3D EM to collect biological data of the Belgian fisheries sector to improve real time management of stocks.
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
VISIM III is about the applied use of Artificial Intelligence on board of professional fishing vessels.
Sport fishing for science
The EFMZV-FIVA project Sea(A)Bass is aimed at optimizing the management of sea bass, a fish species that has been struggling for years. ILVO has been tagging sea bass since 2006, and uses the data on ...
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
Fisheries Impact Assessment Albania
This report assesses the environmental impact of the Albanian fishing fleet, which is evaluated with regard to biodiversity, status of commercial stocks, bottom impact, pollution and marine litter. Th...
Fisheries Impact Assessment Albania - ILVO mededeling 283
Co-creation in fisheries
SubjectDetailContact personTechnical tests for fishing methodsTechnically skilled, sea-going partners are available to perform the required expert measurements. This allows for the registration and an...
Fisheries data and the state of our fish stocks
How healthy are 'our' fish stocks in 2023? What is sustainable and where do we stand? First the good news. Overfishing in the Atlantic region is declining. This is confirmed by the 2022 report...
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
Sustainable Fish and Seafood Guide
...ition of the popular guidebook. Professional users, such as restaurateurs, hotel schools, fishmongers, retailers, suppliers, shipowners, fishermen and fish farmers, use this guide as their "bib...
Fisheries Science Seminar - Artificial Intelligence
The annual Fisheries Science Seminar, organised by the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) will take place on 25 September 2024. This year's seminar will focus on the pote...
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Ray, Fish of the Year 2021
... of the Sea (ICES): https://www.ices.dk VLAM https://www.lekkervanbijons.be... http://www.fishbase.org https://www.goedevis.nl GeoFish 2021, ILVO www.geofish.be
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
Useful infographics on the status of important fish stocks for Belgian fisheries.
Belgian fishermen catch more than 50 types of fish and crustaceans in as many as 10 different fishing areas. The status of each of these species in each marine area is evaluated annually. The ILVO exp...
Microplastics in seafood from Belgian fisheries areas
Read the "ILVO mededeling" nr 276: Microplastics in seafood from Belgian fisheries areas
The main aim was to assess the exposure of the consumer of Belgian fisheries products to microplastics.
Fisheries make great strides in innovation and sustainability
In recent years, the Belgian fishing industry has made great strides toward more innovative and sustainable fishing. For example, 38 of the 59 active Belgian vessels are already equipped with the data...
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
After Brexit, a different future for Flanders fisheries?
© Vince Bevan | GIFS Interreg project ILVO and VLIZ, together with local actors in Flanders fisheries, are entering into a close collaboration in the framework of the 'Brexit Adjustment Reserve' ...
Linked Sectors: Fishing industry
50th Western European Fish Technologists Association (WEFTA) Conference
...nference. The aim of WEFTA is to be an important platform in Europe for institutions engaged in fish processing, applied food science, aquaculture, seafood technology, health effects of seafood...
Ecological impacts of offshore wind farms on flatfish
Title thesis: "Ecological impacts of offshore wind farms on flatfish with emphasis on plaice Pleuronectes platessa, a species of commercial interest in the southern North Sea." 16u: defence18u...