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BFA-Pl Structure and function of marine ecosystems 
Projects 
composition of the fish fauna off East and West Greenland 
investigations of Antarctic krill and zooplankton 
- impacts of fisheries on the North Sea ecosystem 
mechanisms affecting long-term trends of reproduction success and recruiting of cod: 
consequences for fisheries management 
- investigations into reproduction ecology of commercial fish stocks and ecological patterns 
in the Baltic 
biological studies and stock assessment of important fishery species in the Baltic 
BFA-P2 Investigation and biological monitoring of fish stocks 
Projects 
larval surveys to estimate year-class strengths and stock recruitment of commercially 
exploited fish stocks 
German/Dutch/Belgian crustacean and juvenile fish surveys 
BFA-P3 Fisheries oceanography 
Projects 
fisheries oceanography of Greenland waters 
oceanography of the Antarctic krill distribution area 
fisheries oceanography of EU waters 
BFA-P4 Estimating sustainable catch quantities, biological monitoring of fishing 
activities, and proposal of protective measures 
Projects 
stock surveys of Greenland cod, redfish and other commercial fish species off Greenland 
and in the NAFO areas 1, 2, and 3 
stock surveys of cod, saithe, haddock, redfish and other commercial fish species in the 
Northeast Atlantic (areas I, II, VT a-b, Vb) 
surveys of commercial fish stocks of the periantarctic islands and Antarctic pensinsula to 
assess their commercial potential 
stock surveys of the pelagic fish species herring, mackerel, horse mackerel, sprat, smelt 
stock surveys of the roundfish species cod, whiting, haddock, saithe 
stock surveys of the flatfish species sole, plaice, turbot