Project Summary

SARDONE project was directed towards the improvement of the assessment and management of small pelagic stocks (anchovy and sardine) in the Mediterranean Sea.

The three major stocks and fisheries i.e. the NW Mediterranean, the Adriatic and the Aegean were chosen.

Investigations were aimed at detecting nursery areas, at developing echo-surveys for recruitment strength estimation, at filling the gap in knowledge on the ecology of late larvae and juveniles, at improving the selectivity of current fishing gear, at assessing the impact of fry fisheries on the stocks, at exploring the application of novel stock assessment methodologies to Mediterranean small pelagic stocks.