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THIS DOCUMENT: Aquatic resource management tools and outcomes being delivered by research in the IBIS project |
⏎ list of researchers | ⏎ list of Tools & Outcomes | more about this research: | Newsletter page | ⏎ to CONTENTS | 18/05/13 | |
⏎ Main website page | 18:18 | |||||||
RESEARCHER: | Carolyn Bromley | Queen's University Belfast | ||||||
PROJECT: | Developing science-based management strategies for environmental and commercial sustainability of native oysters | |||||||
Management Tool / Applied Outcome | Related Policy | |||||||
A | Faster/ more accurate identification of native oyster larvae in plankton | Length of closed season for oyster fisheries | ||||||
B | Guidance on broodstock size needed for feeding larvae into oyster fishery | Minimum and Maximum Landing size regulations | ||||||
C | Oyster survey protocols | |||||||
D | Broodstock sourcing and working with Bonamia | Policies re. movement of shellfish | ||||||
E | Oyster Regeneration Areas | Establishment and regulation of no take zones for sustainability and biodiversity | ||||||
F | Management of oyster predators and pests | Policies re. control of invasive species linked to aquaculture | ||||||
G | Oyster habitat quality assessment | Policies for future regeneration projects | ||||||
IBIS STAKEHOLDERS to whom project is relevant | ||||||||
TRANS-JURISDICTION | IRELAND | N.IRELAND | SCOTLAND | |||||
Shellfish Association of Great Britain | Irish Sea Fishery Board (BIM) | Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) | Scottish National Heritage | |||||
Other native oyster regeneration projects | Environmental Protection Agency Ireland | Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARDNI) | ||||||
Loughs Agency | Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI) | |||||||