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CHARM 3 - Acquiring Better Knowledge of the Channel Maritime Area

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From October 1 to 31, 2009, the Channel Ground Fish Survey (CGFS) was conducted aboard the Gwen Drez, an oceanographic vessel out of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The survey is one of the largest sources of data for the CHARM (CHannel integrated Approach for marine Resource Management) project of which phases 1 and 2 are over. The European IFREMER-coordinated CHARM 3 project, which has received 11.6 million euros in funding for three years, brings together 17 French and British partners. The natural follow-up to phase 1 (2003-2005, 1.1 million euros, 5 partners) and phase 2 (2006-2008, 2.1 million euros, 6 partners), CHARM 3 has set a goal of improving the knowledge of the Channel maritime area , using an eco-systemic approach to preserve the fragile ecosystem and help roll out the sustainable management of the resources shared by all the Channel countries.

The Channel and the south of the North Sea are heavily anthropized seas, and have been so for a long time. The different activities in these area involved huge economic stakes and involve numerous users who often have conflicting interests. The natural - fishery, shellfish and mineral - resources of the areas are highly coveted in France and in Europe. Consequently analyzing the responses of the ecosystem and its resources to different constraints, including climate change, is vital for the setup of the sustainable management of the ecosystem shared by all the users.

CHARM 3 will be a flagship project of Channel Challenge launched by IFREMER in this maritime zone, supporting the research of Arc Manche, a flexible network of French regions and local British authorities bordering the Channel. Channel Challenge is working to broaden the field of investigation to include the Channel Basin and gain a greater global grasp on the characteristics of the habitats and living resources it shelters, and how they work. Its goal is to roll out an eco-systemic approach to maritime (living, mineral, energy) resource management in the broad sense and to better adapt the pressure of the numerous uses to the production capacities of the different environments.

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- IFREMER - Marion Le Foll, Johanna Martin - Phone: +33 (0)1 46 48 22 42 (40) - email: presse@ifremer.fr
- CHARM - http://www.ifremer.fr/charm/

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ADIT - Jean-François Desessard - Email: jfd@adit.fr

eTech France numéro 236 (13/01/2010) - ADIT / ADIT - http://www.bulletins-electroniques.com/actualites/61850.htm