The following information is available, among others: data about the fleet capacity, the landings and discards of fish, the catch composition, fishery-independent data from surveys with research vessels, economic data with regard to fleets, aquaculture and the fish processing industry and biological data (length, weight, age, etc) of caught fish, shellfish
Biological fishery data
Combination of passive fishing and marine aquaculture step closer to profitable practice
SYMAPA project delivers innovations in shellfish farming, toolkit of successful baiting techniques for passive fishing and tools for smart aquafarming
Possible effects on benthic ecosystems of fishery exclusion, a review in the frame of windmill farms.
In the VISNAT project, ILVO provides advice to the European Commission on feasible fishery measures in protected nature areas, measures that harm the fishing industry as little as possible.ILVO researchers have developed the GeoFish tool to bundle all these restrictions and make them clear to fishermen, ship owners and policy makers.
The data is collected in both a fishery-dependent and a fishery-independent manner. One of the pillars of biological research is age determination, which is done in an ISO 170025 accredited laboratory. Every year we transfer the collected and processed data to the Agriculture and Fisheries Cabinet and to the fisheries sector itself.
Extensive sustainability in the fishery requires in-depth knowledge of target species as well as protection of coastal ecosystems, which is again confirmed by a Flemish-Surinamese study on shrimp fishery in Guyana and Suriname
The survey of transformations, which can be called “passive”, is now used to perform an “active” design of peri-urban areas. This stimulates and broadens the debate on (climate adaptive) development of peri-urban areas in Flanders. The design exercise delivers a range of visual documents, sketches, maps, collages, etc.
The layers' use of the range was tracked with a passive RFID system using a leg ring and antennas placed around the range. Relevance/ValorizationThe FREEBIRDS project has now ended. The broiler chicken study shows a large variation between individuals in the use of the spout.
We work (further) on residual flows from agro, agri-food and fishery activities, which are processed into compost, plant fibers, biochar and chitin. The final goal is to come up with technically sound and economically interesting cultivation substrates, in collaboration with a number of partners who contribute their practical knowledge.
In the coming years, ILVO wants to extend the frontiers of various (marine) domains, from data-driven fishery to further development of our Marine Living Lab.Data-driven fishery In order to accelerate the digitalization of our marine fisheries, ILVO is working with a number of shipping companies on precision fisheries.