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	FISHING TECHNOLOGY UNIT
	The Fishing Technology Unit (FTU) belongs to the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR) of the National Research Council (CNR). FTU makes valuable contributions to the development of the Fishing Industry by undertaking research and development activities in fishing gear technology. In particular, FTU deals with the study, development and application of natural sciences and technology for optimizing fish capture and fishing operations. FTU concerns not only with fishing gear and relevant vessel features, but also with certain aspects of a wide range of biological and environmental factors and their interrelations which relate to the accessibility to catch of fish population and the opportunities for the development of fishing as a whole.    The Fishing Technology Unit undertakes a wide range of projects concerned with the rational exploitation and management of fisheries. Recently, the FTU staff played a leading role in the development of size- and species-selective trawls, the understanding of fish behaviour in relation to fishing gears, the mathematical modelling of netting mechanics and hydrodynamics and the development of many related practical and statistical methodologies of fishing. FTU has considerable experience in carrying out EU shared cost projects and has been involved in many national and European projects within the FAR, AIR, FAIR and most recently the FP5 and FP6 programmes and in EU Studies.
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