Bridging the gap between science, stakeholder and policy makers. Phase 2 - Integration of evidence-based knowledge and its application to science and management of fisheries and the marine environment

What we do

Put simply, we bring scientists, fishermen and policy makers together. How we do this ranges from funding exchange trips between research and management organisations, to engaging with wider society about fisheries management, to coordinating 13 research projects (case studies) centered upon fishers and scientists working together.

GAP history

GAP2 is building upon the success of GAP1, an 18 month project running from 2007 to 2009, also funded by the European Commission’s FP7 programme. Among the many and varied outputs of GAP1 were 15 fisher-science partnerships from across 11 different European countries, which formed the basis of GAP2’s case studies.