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Laurence Fauconnet
Laurence is currently working with us with the position of Senior Scientist in the team.
Autobiography
I am a French marine scientist at the Okeanos Research Unit of the University of the Azores. I studied fisheries sciences and marine ecology, option "Aquatic Resources and Ecosystems" in Agrocampus Ouest (France) and undertook my Master Thesis "Global overview of the status of shark fisheries and management" in the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA). I obtained my Diploma of Advanced Agronomy (equivalent Master 2) from Agrocampus Ouest in 2009. After a work experience of 18 months as applied statistician at IFREMER in Nantes (France), I pursued in the same IFREMER’s team my PhD in Marine Ecology and Fisheries Sciences "Detailed and empirical characterization of catch: contribution to the ecosystemic approach of fisheries", that I completed in 2014. Since 2016, I have integrated the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries in Okeanos, University of Azores / IMAR (Portugal), where I worked on the EU H2020 DiscardLess and ATLAS projects. Since 2020, I am Principal Investigator of the project SOS TubaProf on deep-water shark bycatch.
Research interest
My research activity focuses on marine ecology applied to fisheries. My research applies the ecosystem approach to fisheries management, in particular to address questions related to fishing selectivity, bycatch and discard. It applies, among others, to the bycatch of vulnerable species, in particular of elasmobranch species. Within my research, I seek a wide knowledge transfer to different stakeholders, in particular fishers, but also the general public. Since I am working in the Azores, my research has mostly focused on deep-sea fisheries, species and ecosystems, contributing to studies aiming at improved knowledge on the deep sea and science-based advice for management of deep-sea fisheries. Within Okeanos group, I have, among others, quantified discard amounts, analysed VMS data to map fishing effort, and studied bycatch mitigation measures, with a focus on deep-water sharks.
Peer-reviewed (publication DOIs only)
DOIs from your cruises & projects
From your cruises & projects
Projects
Marine Beacon
On-going ProjectMonitoring and elimination of bycatch of endangered and conserved species in the NE and high seas
Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe
101135237
MapGES2
On-going ProjectCharacterization of deep-sea habitats, for its mapping up to the outer limit of the Azores sub-area...
Funded by Regional Government of the Azores, EU, ACORES-14-62G4-FEDER-000001, PO Açores 2020, REACT-EU, ERDF
18/DRPM/2022, ACORES-14-62G4-FEDER-000001
MarinePlan
ProjectImproved transdisciplinary science for effective ecosystem-based maritime spatial planning and conse...
Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe
101059407 (MarinePlan)
ROLEX - Azor drift-cam project
ProjectROLEX - Azor drift-cam project
Funded by ROLEX
ROLEX
iAtlantic
ProjectIntegrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time
Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020
818123 (iAtlantic)
Blue Azores
ProjectBlue Paper Cooperation protocol
Funded by Fundação Oceano Azul
MapGES
ProjectMapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores: assisting with the impl...
Funded by Regional Government of the Azores, PO Açores 2020, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF / FEDER)
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-00056
MarSP
ProjectMacaronesian Maritime Spatial Planning
Funded by Regional Government of the Azores, DRAM, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
5956275 (DRAM Azores Gov.)
DISCARDLESS
ProjectStartegies for the gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries
Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020
633680
Cruises
MapGES 2024 MT Physeter
Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores
12 scientific crew · 14 on board · 1 collaborators
MapGES 2023 RV Arquipélago
Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores
12 scientific crew · 13 on board · 1 collaborators
MapGES 2023 MT Physeter
Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores
12 scientific crew · 14 on board
MapGES 2019
Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores
4 scientific crew · 5 on board · 1 collaborators
Blue Azores 2018
Blue Azores Program: Expedition 2018
3 scientific crew · 4 on board · 1 collaborators
Location
Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas — Universidade dos Açores
Rua Prof. Doutor Frederico Machado, No. 4
9901-862 Horta, Portugal
Contact
Email: azoresdeepsea@gmail.com
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