The Ropes to Reefs project is one of 12 initiatives designed to support sustainable fisheries management that have received funding as part of the Fisheries Industry Science Partnership (FISP) scheme, part of the government’s UK Seafood Fund.
The project will assess the ecosystem services and benefits of offshore mussel farming and assess the restoration of essential fish habitat (EFH), biodiversity and associated healthy fish stocks (biomass). The project also aims to quantify the connectivity of these ecosystem services and its connectivity with the adjacent MPA and spillover effect to fishing grounds.
In particular, Ropes to Reefs will assess the wider benefits of the UK’s first large-scale offshore mussel farm, located in Lyme Bay off the south coast of Devon.
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