Data: 2014-10-22 02:20 PM
Orador/Formador: João Pereira
Local: IPMA Algés Lisboa
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Contacto telefónico: 213027000
With the publication in 2010 of a directive of the European parliament and of the council, on
the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, adaptations to scientific research using
animals were converted from advice to legislation. Censuses of marine life and other forms of
assessing the identity and abundance of marine animals however, may either be considered omitted or
at least partly excluded. However, if scientific practice is advised to adopt the ARRIVE guidelines
(www.nc3Rs.org.uk/ARRIVE), we may proactively streamline research surveys at least with regard to
species that can survive on haul-back.
This paper describes the Portuguese bottom trawl survey design and how it impacts the
estimation of abundance and population biology for the Common octopus, the Thornback ray and
Small-spotted catshark, and how an improvement in operational design may help to achieve a
Refinement and Reduction of the use of animals in research, while not compromising the aims of the
survey..