Event Abstract Back to Event Finding ways to solve species misclassification in landings: application to gurnards in Division IXa Alberto Rocha1*, Diana Feijó1, Ana Moreno2, Cristina Silva2 and Manuela Azevedo2 1 The Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute, I. P. - IPMA Matosinhos, Departament of Sea and Marine Resources, Portugal 2 The Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute, I. P., Departament of Sea and Marine Resources, Portugal Available ICES landing statistics concerning several species are not accurate because they are often not sorted by species, usually ending up classified under one generic commercial category. The category “gurnards” is one example. Across the European Eastern Atlantic, the category “gurnards” may include as many as 8 different species. Nevertheless, “tub gurnard” is the only species reported by France since 1983 and by Denmark, the Netherlands and Portugal since 2000. The market sampling of the European Data Collection Framework (DCF/NP) is the only reliable source of data for the analysis of species composition of many of the unsorted landing categories. In the case of “gurnards”, allocation keys for species composition in landings were defined based on DCF market sampling since 2009 in Division IXa, and the total annual landings by species estimated for the period 2009-2014. The influence of variables such as time (year and season), space (port and region) and metier in species composition of “gurnards” was assessed to derive the best species allocation key to re-construct backwards the time series of gurnards landings by species and to analyse species trends. Based on this analysis, we discuss the implications for the current Portuguese market concurrent sampling of accommodating a sampling design aiming at estimating the species composition in landings of such unsorted categories. Keywords: Unsorted landings categories., Concurrent sampling, Gurnards, landing statistics, Data Collection Framework Conference: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies, Porto, Portugal, 5 Sep - 9 Sep, 2016. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: 4. FISHERIES, AQUACULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Citation: Rocha A, Feijó D, Moreno A, Silva C and Azevedo M (2016). Finding ways to solve species misclassification in landings: application to gurnards in Division IXa. Front. Mar. Sci. Conference Abstract: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies. doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00212 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 02 Sep 2016; Published Online: 03 Sep 2016. * Correspondence: Mr. Alberto Rocha, The Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute, I. P. - IPMA Matosinhos, Departament of Sea and Marine Resources, Matosinhos, 4450-208, Portugal, arocha@ipma.pt Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Alberto Rocha Diana Feijó Ana Moreno Cristina Silva Manuela Azevedo Google Alberto Rocha Diana Feijó Ana Moreno Cristina Silva Manuela Azevedo Google Scholar Alberto Rocha Diana Feijó Ana Moreno Cristina Silva Manuela Azevedo PubMed Alberto Rocha Diana Feijó Ana Moreno Cristina Silva Manuela Azevedo Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.