Coral Fish Research Project

General Research Area

CoralFISH is a Large-Scale Integrating Project, funded by the EC under the 7 ^th Framework Programme, which will assess the interaction between corals, fish and fisheries, in order to develop monitoring and predictive modelling tools for ecosystem based management in the deep waters of Europe and beyond.

Disciplines

geophysics, geomorphology, oceanography, marine biology, economics, policy advice,  

NUIG Group Members

Anthony Grehan, Sadhbh Baxter

Brief description of current projects

• Europe-wide project with 16 partners from 10 European countries, co-ordinated by NUI Galway
• 15 Institutes, 1 SME (Fishing industry)
• 4 year funding (2008-2012)

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