Topics & Research

MEESO is organised in interactive work packages to fulfil the objectives and outcomes needed for an ecologically and economically sustainable mesopelagic fishery. The work packages will feed information and questions to each other, ensuring a strong transdisciplinary approach throughout the project. 

Data management

• Work package 1:
  Data management and dissemination
  Coordinator: Vaishav Soni, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark

Research (monitoring, assessment and management)

• Work package 2:
  Survey and sampling technology development
  Coordinator: Thor Klevjer, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
  
  
• Work package 3:
  Development of sustainable catch and processing methods
  Coordinator: Runar Gjerp Solstad, Nofima AS, Norway
  
  
• Work package 4:
  Mapping of mesopelagic resource
  Coordinator: Astthor Gislason, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Iceland
  
  
• Work package 5:
  Estimating mesopelagic resources and their resilience
  Coordinator: Douglas C. Speirs, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
  
  
• Work package 6:
  Managing and assessing social, economic, and biological impacts
  Coordinator: Rolf Groeneveld, Wageningen University, Netherlands
  
  
• Work package 7:
  Governance of mesopelagic resources
  Coordinator: Mary S. Wisz, World Maritime University, Sweden

Outreach

• Work package 8:
  Outreach: Communication, engagement and impact
  Coordinator: J. Rasmus Nielsen, Technical University of Denmark

Project management

• Work package 9:
  Management and coordination
  Coordinator: Webjørn Melle, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
  
  
• Work package 10:
  Ethics requirements
  Coordinator: Anita Jacobsen, Institute of Marine Research, Norway

MEESO work package structure.