Fisheries in the full ecosystem context

Call Updates

Dec 16, 2020 11:23:37 AM

Call for proposals: H2020 - Blue Growth: (H2020-BG 2020-2, second stage)

The Commission and the Research Executive Agency have now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call and informed the applicants on 15 December 2020.

An overview of the evaluation results ('flash call info') is now available in the section "Additional documents" of the "Topic conditions and documents" tab of the correspondent topic page:

· BG-10-2020: Fisheries in the full ecosystem context

The grant agreements are expected to be signed by May 2021.

Dec 16, 2020 11:23:37 AM 

Dear applicants, an overview of the evaluation results (flash call info) is now available under the 'Topic conditions & documents'' section on the topic page.

Sep 15, 2020 2:02:33 PM

H2020-BG-2020-2

The H2020-BG-2020-2 call for second-stage was closed on the 8th of September 2020. 9 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:

BG-10-2020: 5

The evaluation results are expected to be communicated to the applicants in December 2020.

May 6, 2020 2:23:45 PM 

The generalised feedback, resulting after the 1st stage evaluation of this topic, is published on this page. To download the document, just expand the "Topic conditions and documents" area (i.e. click on '+ More'), scroll down until "Additional documents" and the generalised feedback can be downloaded in pdf.

Apr 22, 2020 4:01:17 PM

The Research Executive Agency (REA) has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the H2020- BG-2020-2 first stage call. The following overall threshold was applied:

· BG-10-2020: Fisheries in full ecosystem context 8,5

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

· BG-10-2020 RIA: 13 submitted proposals. 5 proposals are above threshold

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

The Generalised feedback will be published around beginning of May 2020 on the topic page under "Topic conditions and documents" section.
It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed around April 2021.

Jan 29, 2020 4:23:05 PM

The H2020-BG-2020-2 call was closed on the 23rd of January 2020. 23 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:

BG-10-2020: 13

The evaluation results are expected to be communicated to the applicants in April 2020.

Oct 15, 2019 3:25 PM

The submission session is now available for: BG-10-2020(RIA)

Fisheries in the full ecosystem context

ID: BG-10-2020

Type of action: RIA Research and Innovation action

Deadline Model : two-stage

Planned opening date: 15 October 2019

Deadline: 22 January 2020 17:00:00 Brussels time

2nd stage Deadline: 08 September 2020 17:00:00 Brussels time

Horizon 2020

Work programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy

Work programme year: H2020-2018-2020

Call name: Blue Growth

Call ID: H2020-BG-2018-2020

Specific Challenge:

Fisheries, an important part of the blue economy, provides food, generates gross profit of around EUR 1,342 billion and accounts for more than 150,000[1] jobs, and contributes to coastal social cohesion and resilience. The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) regulates access to and use of the marine living resources. The CFP seeks to apply the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management, with fishing in line with the Maximum Sustainable Yield concept and minimizing the effect of fishing on the ecosystem[2]. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires that fish and shellfish stocks are in good environmental status[3]. The Maritime Spatial Planning Directive[4] aims to regulate uses of the marine environment. The design of such policies can be better served with a holistic, integrated approach. For successful policy implementation an improvement of our predictive capacity of environmental impacts on marine biogeochemistry and productivity, food webs and ecosystem structure and functioning, is required. Considerable effort to scientifically and technically support these policy objectives goes hand in hand with filling considerable gaps in basic knowledge and providing predictive tools available for integrated management.

Scope:

Building on related work done in previous research and innovation framework programmes and in other EU-funded programmes, research activities shall fill in knowledge gaps which hinder an efficient, ecosystem-based approach to the management of fisheries (e.g. biological characteristics and assessment of marine habitats; links of environmental factors and abundance, health, growth, reproduction etc. of fish stocks and human health and consumption etc., taking into account sex and gender differences if and where relevant; relations of different trophic levels in the food chain; efficiency of management measures protecting the ecosystem, interactions with and impacts from/on other uses of the sea). The proposals shall integrate existing and new knowledge in modelling or other applied tools/methods which can be used by scientific advisory bodies in sustainable fisheries management.

Following the principles of responsible research and innovation, proposals will ensure that societal players work together during the whole research and innovation process. Proposals should also test the efficiency of the proposed solutions across Europe.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU in the range of EUR 8 million would allow this challenge to be addressed appropriately. This does not preclude the submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Expected Impact:

In the framework of UN SDGs (1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14), the Common Fisheries Policy, the Food 2030 policy blueprint for food and nutrition security, the BLUEMED strategic research and innovation agenda and the Atlantic research and innovation cooperation, proposals will:

Improve integrated understanding of environmental impacts on marine ecosystem and food web structure and reduce uncertainties in future projections;
Improve fisheries management assisting EU Member States to comply in a meaningful way with the requirements of European and international marine related legislation;
Contribute to conserve and restore fish stocks, and to regulate harvesting of fishing and end overfishing including illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices, and to contribute to the conservation of coastal and marine ecosystems;
Provide improved tools for ecosystem-based fisheries management which are tested, effective, discussed with scientific bodies in charge of advising on stock, fisheries and ecosystem dynamics and that are fit for the 21st century;
Ensure that the ecosystem-based approach to the sustainable use of seas can be applied by different public bodies and in the framework of different public policies;
Provide improved alignment of research and innovation processes and their outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of society;
Contribute to a thriving fishing sector and to a thriving European blue economy, including improved professional skills and competences;
In the medium term:

Improve the professional skills and competences of those working and being trained to work within the blue economy.
Contribute to policymaking in research, innovation and technology.
Cross-cutting Priorities:

Blue Growth
RRI

[1]Facts and figures on the CFP Basic statistical data 2016 Edition ISSN 1977-3609 EU publication office

[2]Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 And (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC

[3]Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy

[4]Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning