Reducing the conflict between cormorants and fisheries on a pan-european scale

Abstract:
The purpose of REDCAFE is to synthesise current cormorant/fisheries information and to identify and evaluate methods of reducing the current Europe-wide conflict between conservationists, and fisheries' interests. It will bring together, for the first time, stakeholders (commercial/recreational fisheries and bird conservation organisations, fisheries scientists, avian ecologists) to discuss and report these issues in a rigorous, co-ordinated and equitable manner. Available information on Cormorant conflicts with fisheries (with best estimates of financial losses) and on those aspects of Cormorant ecology leading to such conflicts, will be synthesised. Potential management tools will be identified and evaluated (including efficacy and cost-effectiveness) and a Multiple Criteria Decision Model will be developed and applied to a specific conflict case study. Full information will be disseminated at the local, national and European level.

Coordinator
David CARSS
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Banchory
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel.: +44 1330 826324
Fax: +44 1330 823303
E-mail: d.carss@ceh.ac.uk

Partners

	Zeef ARAD TECHNION-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa ISRAEL Tel.: +972 4 8231513 Fax: +972 4 8326282 E-mail: zarad@techunix.technion.ac.il
	Stellan F. HAMRIN National Board of Fisheries, Inst of Freshwater Research Dottningholm SWEDEN Tel.: +46 86200401 Fax: +46 8759 0338 E-mail: stellan.hamrin@fiskeriverket.se
	Thomas BREGNBALLE National Environmental Research Institute Roende DENMARK Tel.: +45 89201700 Fax: +45 89201541 E-mail: tb@dmu.dk
	Mogens BILDSOE University of Copenhagen Copenhagen DENMARK Tel.: +45 35324207 Fax: +45 35324220 E-mail: mbildsoe@zi.ku.dk
	Thomas KELLER Technische Universitaet München, Institut für Tierwissenschaften Freising-Weihenstephan GERMANY Tel.: +49 8161 715334 Fax: +49 8161 714516 E-mail: t.keller@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
	Mennobart VAN EERDEN Institute for Inland Water Management and Wastewater Treatment Lelystad THE NETHERLANDS Tel.: +31 230298300 Fax: +31 230298339 E-mail: m.veerden@riza.rws.minvenw.nl
	Loïc MARION Université de Rennes Rennes FRANCE Tel.: +33 2 99253636 Fax: +33 2 99253600 E-mail: loic.marion@univ-rennes1.fr
	Daniel GERDEAUX Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Thonon-les-Bains FRANCE Tel.: +33 4 50267829 Fax: +33 4 50260760 E-mail: gerdeaux@thonon.inra.fr
	David GREMILLET Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Délégation Alsace Strasbourg FRANCE Tel.: +33 3 88106877 Fax: +33 3 88106095 E-mail: david.gremillet@c-strasbourg.fr
	Carlos GARCIA de LEANIZ Direccion General de Montes y Conservacion de la Naturaleza Arredondo SPAIN Tel.: +34 942207593 Fax: +34 942207597 E-mail: centro_ictiologico_arredondo@yahoo.com
	Gilbert MARSOLLIER European Anglers Alliance Strasbourg FRANCE Tel.: +33 2 43064337 Fax: +33 2 43068672
	Savas KAZANTZIDIS Hellenic Ornithological Society Thessaloniki GREECE Tel.: +30 3244245 Fax: +30 3256774 E-mail: birdlife-gr@the.forthnet.gr
	Erich STAUB European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission Bern SWITZERLAND Tel.: +41 41 349 21 30 Fax: +41 41 349 21 62 E-mail: erich.staub@buwal.admin.ch@eawag.ch
	Ido IZHAKI University of Haifa Tivon ISRAEL Tel.: +972 4 8240625 Fax: +972 4 8249865 E-mail: izhaki@research.haifa.ac.il
	Harald KLEISINGER Bavarian Bureau for Environmental Protection Augsburg GERMANY Tel.: +49 821 90715237 Fax: +49 821 90715621 E-mail: harald.kleisinger@lfu.bayern.de
	Julian HUGHES Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Sandy, Bedfordshire UNITED KINGDOM Tel.: +44 1767 680551 Fax: +44 1767 691178 E-mail: julian.hughes@rspb.org.uk
	Ian RUSSEL The Centre for Environment-Fisheries & Aquaculture Science Lowestoft UNITED KINGDOM Tel.: +44 1502 524330 Fax: +44 1502 513865 E-mail: i.c.russell@cefas.co.uk
	Robert GWIAZDA Institute Freshwater Biology, Polish Acad. Sciences Krakow POLAND Tel.: +48 12 4215082 Fax: +48 12 4222115 E-mail: gwiazda@zbw.pan.krakow.pl
	Redik ESCHBAUM Estonian Marine Institute Tallinn ESTONIA Tel.: +372 62 81570 Fax: +372 62 81563 E-mail: eschbaum@ut.ee
	Willem DEKKER Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research Ijmuiden THE NETHERLANDS Tel.: +31 2555 64712 Fax: +31 2555 64644 E-mail: willem@rivo.wag-ur.nl
	Christian DIEPERINK Danish Institute for Fisheries Research Silkeborg DENMARK Tel.: +45 3396 3100 Fax: +45 3396 3150 E-mail: cd@dfu.min.dk
	Janis BAUMANIS Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Ornithology Salaspils LATVIA Tel.: +371 945 393 Fax: +371 934 5412 E-mail: jbaumanis@email.lubi.edu.lv