A Project of the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
Purpose of Research Program: The purpose of the Southern New England Collaborative Research Initiative (SNECRI) is to provide support to teams of scientists, managers, and members of the commercial fishing industry to work together collaboratively on fisheries research projects. The focus of the initiative is on providing accurate, timely, and credible data to better inform management decisions, and on developing solutions to common management problems in commercial fisheries important to southern New England. The research program is designed to support 1-2 year research projects, and addresses a range of topics including gear engineering aimed at bycatch reduction and compliance with protected species regulations; reproductive capabilities and discard mortality rates for key species; and evaluation of the socio-economic impacts of fishery management regulations.
- Fisheries Resource Sustainability
- Improving stock assessment information
- Bycatch reduction
- Incorporating the use of fishery-dependent data for improved stock assessments
- Ecosystems: As related to rebuilding fisheries stocks important to southern New England
- Healthy habitats
- Changing ecosystems
- Socioeconomics of the Southern New England Industry
- Added value: creating new business opportunities and enhancing existing ones
- Evaluating cumulative impacts of regulations on the southern New England fishing industry
