Marine Beacon is an EU funded project that will address gaps in our current understanding of how fisheries bycatch impacts protected, endangered and threatened species.
The project will work with fisheries, policy and conservation stakeholders to develop and test innovative, tools and techniques for better monitoring of these important species and mitigating risks of bycatch, to ensure healthier seas and more sustainable fisheries.
Case Studies
Marine Beacon’s work is focussed within seven case study areas, ranging from coastal to oceanic ecosystems across the Atlantic Ocean, encompassing multiple fisheries and bycatch PETS in a variety of marine habitats, oceanographic regimes and species assemblages
Resources
The project started in 2024. Results and resources will be shared when available.
Latest News & Events
A major new European project will improve our understanding of how the bycatch of fisheries impacts protected, endangered and threatened species (PETS) in the Atlantic Ocean and develop methods for better monitoring...
Marine Beacon has featured alongside its sister project CIBBRiNA in June’s edition of the Rederscentrale newsletter, a Dutch-language publication with extensive distribution within the Belgian fishery fleet. The Belgian fisheries representative organisation...
The Marine Stewardship Council this month awarded a £5,000 Ocean Stewardship Fund Student Research Grant to Mishel Rañada for her master’s thesis using smartphone technology to better understand PETS encountered in a...
Marine Beacon was recently featured in a EuroNews segment examining the role of AI-powered smart trawl technology in reducing bycatch and supporting sustainable fishing practices. The feature explored how new technological innovations...
Oostende, Belgium – The Marine Beacon project held an in-person annual meeting from 1 to 3 April 2025, bringing together over 40 participants from across Europe. Hosted by ILVO at their InnovOcean...
As part of the Marine Beacon project, Work Package 3 (WP3) focuses on something deceptively simple: improving our understanding of marine wildlife that gets accidentally caught in fishing gear. Yet the...
Brussels – Comic Arts Museum, Rue des Sables 20, 1000 Brussels A landmark event endorsed by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Strategic Navigation Forum is set...