Gofree project
On February 22nd and 23rd at the Porto Conte Ricerche headquarters in Alghero and at the Port Museum in Porto Torres the researchers involved in the project Gofree "Introduction of the striped humpback shrimp (Plesionika edwardsii) fishing in Sardinia" they met the fishermen of the Alghero, Porto Torres and Castelsardo fleets. The project aims aims to introduce and incentivize the fishing of bathyal shrimp, also called hunchbacks in the Sardinian seas, introducing innovative measures both in the fishing process, in order to favor fishing also at bathymetry not yet exploited
The meetings with the fishermen of the Porto Torres, Alghero and Castelsardo marinas allowed the researchers from ISPRA, Porto Conte Ricerca and Conisma (UO University of Cagliari) to present and share the first results of the project, with particular regard to the proposed innovations and the prospects they can offer for sustainable fishing activity.
The project is financed by the European Fund for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (EMFF) 2014/2020 following the Call of the Sardinia Region for the implementation of Measure 1.26 "Innovation" - art 26 of Reg. (EU) n. 508/2014 – Year 2017.
