Frontiers in Marine Science (Sep 2022)
Advancing fishery-independent stock assessments for the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) with new monitoring technologies
- Jacopo Aguzzi,
- Jacopo Aguzzi,
- Damianos Chatzievangelou,
- Nathan J. Robinson,
- Nixon Bahamon,
- Alan Berry,
- Marc Carreras,
- Joan Batista Company,
- Corrado Costa,
- Joaquin del Rio Fernandez,
- Ahmad Falahzadeh,
- Spyros Fifas,
- Sascha Flögel,
- Jordi Grinyó,
- Jordi Grinyó,
- Jonas Pall Jónasson,
- Patrik Jonsson,
- Colm Lordan,
- Mathieu Lundy,
- Simone Marini,
- Michela Martinelli,
- Ivan Masmitja,
- Luca Mirimin,
- Luca Mirimin,
- Atif Naseer,
- Atif Naseer,
- Joan Navarro,
- Narcis Palomeras,
- Giacomo Picardi,
- Cristina Silva,
- Sergio Stefanni,
- Maria Vigo,
- Yolanda Vila,
- Adrian Weetman,
- Jennifer Doyle
Affiliations
- Jacopo Aguzzi
- Functioning and Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems Group, Department of Renewable Marine Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
- Jacopo Aguzzi
- Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, Naples, Italy
- Damianos Chatzievangelou
- Functioning and Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems Group, Department of Renewable Marine Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
- Nathan J. Robinson
- Functioning and Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems Group, Department of Renewable Marine Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
- Nixon Bahamon
- Functioning and Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems Group, Department of Renewable Marine Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
- Alan Berry
- Marine Institute, Fisheries and Ecosystem Advisory Services, Oranmore, Ireland
- Marc Carreras
- Computer Vision and Robotics Institute, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
- Joan Batista Company
- Functioning and Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems Group, Department of Renewable Marine Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
- Corrado Costa
- Research Center for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Rome, Italy
- Joaquin del Rio Fernandez
- Remote Acquisition and Data Processing Systems in Marine Environment (SARTI-MAR) Research Group, Electronic Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Catalunya (UPC), Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
- Ahmad Falahzadeh
- Remote Acquisition and Data Processing Systems in Marine Environment (SARTI-MAR) Research Group, Electronic Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Catalunya (UPC), Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
- Spyros Fifas
- Fisheries Biology Laboratory, Fisheries Sciences and Technologies Research Unit, Department of Biological Resources and Environment, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), Plouzané, France
- Sascha Flögel
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Jordi Grinyó
- Functioning and Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems Group, Department of Renewable Marine Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
- Jordi Grinyó
- Department of Ocean System Sciences, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Den Burg, Netherlands
- Jonas Pall Jónasson
- 0Demersal Division, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
- Patrik Jonsson
- 1Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lysekil, Sweden
- Colm Lordan
- Marine Institute, Fisheries and Ecosystem Advisory Services, Oranmore, Ireland
- Mathieu Lundy
- 2Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Simone Marini
- 3Institute of Marine Sciences (CNR-ISMAR), National Research Council, La Spezia, Italy
- Michela Martinelli
- 4Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM), National Research Council, Ancona, Italy
- Ivan Masmitja
- Functioning and Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems Group, Department of Renewable Marine Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
- Luca Mirimin
- 5Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, School of Science and Computing, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
- Luca Mirimin
- 6Alantic Technological University, Galway, Ireland
- Atif Naseer
- 7Science and Technology Unit, Umm al Qura Univeristy, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
- Atif Naseer
- 8Institute of Ocean Engineering (IIO), University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
- Joan Navarro
- Functioning and Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems Group, Department of Renewable Marine Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
- Narcis Palomeras
- Computer Vision and Robotics Institute, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
- Giacomo Picardi
- 9Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSA), The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy
- Cristina Silva
- 0Division of Modelling and Management of Fisheries Resources (DivRP), Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Lisbon, Portugal
- Sergio Stefanni
- Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, Naples, Italy
- Maria Vigo
- Functioning and Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems Group, Department of Renewable Marine Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
- Yolanda Vila
- 1Cádiz Oceanographic Center, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Cádiz, Spain
- Adrian Weetman
- 2Marine Scotland Science, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Jennifer Doyle
- Marine Institute, Fisheries and Ecosystem Advisory Services, Oranmore, Ireland
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.969071
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9
Abstract
The Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, supports a key European fishery. Stock assessments for this species are mostly based on trawling and UnderWater TeleVision (UWTV) surveys. However, N. norvegicus are burrowing organisms and these survey methods are unable to sample or observe individuals in their burrows. To account for this, UWTV surveys generally assume that “1 burrow system = 1 animal”, due to the territorial behavior of N. norvegicus. Nevertheless, this assumption still requires in-situ validation. Here, we outline how to improve the accuracy of current stock assessments for N. norvegicus with novel ecological monitoring technologies, including: robotic fixed and mobile camera-platforms, telemetry, environmental DNA (eDNA), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). First, we outline the present status and threat for overexploitation in N. norvegicus stocks. Then, we discuss how the burrowing behavior of N. norvegicus biases current stock assessment methods. We propose that state-of-the-art stationary and mobile robotic platforms endowed with innovative sensors and complemented with AI tools could be used to count both animals and burrows systems in-situ, as well as to provide key insights into burrowing behavior. Next, we illustrate how multiparametric monitoring can be incorporated into assessments of physiology and burrowing behavior. Finally, we develop a flowchart for the appropriate treatment of multiparametric biological and environmental data required to improve current stock assessment methods.
Keywords
- Nephrops norvegicus
- UWTV
- stocks monitoring
- autonomous networks
- biomimicking platforms
- optoacoustic imaging