Research Projects
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Our team has extensive experience of working together, having chained many research projects, three of them are international projects, and six of them funded by the Ministry of Education and Science since 1992.
Current Research Project:
TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Stochastic Bioeconomic and Population Dynamics Modeling of Collapsed Fisheries (021-ABEL-CM-2013).
NILS Science and Sustainability aims at improving and deepening academic and research collaboration among Spain on the one side and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein on the other, by fostering scientific research on strategic fields for Human Well‐Being and Earth Sustainability. Within this frame, it promotes inter‐institutional mobility projects for scientific teams of the involved countries, in order to carry out joint research. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) is the Programme Operator of the Programme NILS Science and Sustainability, ES07, funded within the frame of the 2009-2014 Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area.
Our research team has obtained a NILS project in collaboration with the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) (Bergen), as described below.
SUMARY OF THE PROJECT
We propose a multidisciplinary project in mathematical bioeconomic and population dynamics modeling of collapsed fisheries. We aim to build stochastic mathematical models to i) analyze the population dynamics of collapsed species by using advanced mathematical tools: a spline parameterization method and the ensemble Kalman filter and smoother, ii) test the limit reference points proposed by fishery scientists, and iii) develop bioeconomic stochastic dynamic optimization models to provide scientifically sound management strategies ensuring long term sustainability.
The expected results of this project include i) to detect depensatory population dynamics at low population sizes, as opposed to the strong compensation estimated by the conventional methods used in bioeconomic models, ii) to provide peer reviewed science-based precautionary approach reference points, iii) better predicting recovery rates of endangered species, and iv) to provide optimal fishery harvesting rules under multiple uncertainty, strengthening resilience, ensuring long term sustainability and discuss their implications at both the ecological and economic level.
INVOLVED RESEARCHERS / INVESTIGADORES/AS PARTICIPANTES
Norwegian research team (NRT) includes: Sturla Kvamsdal, Diwakar Poudel, Leif Sandal and Stein I. Steinshamn.
Spanish’s research team (SRT) includes: Jorge Herrera, Marta Llorente, José M. Maroto (IP), Mª Eugenia Mera and Manuel Morán.
PROJECT DURATION
The project duration is from April 2014 to November 2015.
FINANCING ENTITY
Protocol 38B of EEA Financial Mechanism (2009-2014) (available at www.eeagrants.org)
FUNDING
Total eligible cost approved by NILS Science and Sustainability programme for the Project is: 65.300€.
