Discard projects and reports

Current and past Seafish projects and third party projects, and industry reports.

Seafish current and past projects and reports:   

External projects:

Project 50% - An innovative partnership between CEFAS scientists and the Devon beam trawler fleet aimed at helping to protect fish stocks, has led to skippers reducing the amount of juvenile fish discarded overboard by an overall 57 percent. There are 11 fact sheets.

North Sea 'Eliminator' Type Gear Trials   - The simple trawl modification described in this work, has been demonstrated to reduce the catches of cod by over 55% in a mixed North Sea demersal whitefish fishery.

South Wales Bass Square Mesh Panels - The percentage of undersized bass was 11% of the total bass catch when using the experimental trawl and 30% when using the control trawl. The number of discards of other species caught per hour per haul was on average 14% lower when using the square-mesh section.

Other European research as identified by the Marifish project.

Video Clips:

What Trawlermen Want - The Discards issue as viewed through the eyes of a 16 year old.

Scottish vessels trial CCTV as a method of discard monitoring.

Key documents:

Joint Declaration on Discards under a Reformed Common Fisheries Policy. This was agreed and signed by Denmark, France, Germany and the UK on 1 March 2011.

FAO Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Discard Reduction January 2011. The guidelines cover bycatch management planning, improvement of fishing gear, fisheries closures, economic incentives to facilitate uptake of measures, monitoring, research and development, building the capacity of states to follow the guidelines and other relevant issues.

Selective Fishing and Balanced Harvest in Relation to Fisheries and Ecosystem Sustainability January 2011. Examines the extent to which selective fishing is able to contribute effectively to both ecosystem and fisheries sustainability.

Journal of Environmental Management - Reducing discards of fish at sea: a review of European pilot projects.

ICES - Outcomes from Annual Science Conference - Approximately 650 scientists accepted the invitation of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and attended the Annual Science Conference (ASC) from 21 - 25 September 2009 in Berlin, Germany. A total of 15 poster and 21 oral presentations were given in the bycatch and discards session which were divided into three blocks: (i) policy updates andmanagement, (ii) modifications and (iii) analytical techniques and stock assessment models.

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - A policy to reduce unwanted by-catches and eliminate discards in European fisheries. March 2007.

Technical Report: Reducing the discards of finfish and benthic invertebrates of UK beam trawlers. O. Wade, A.S. Revill, A. Grant, M. Sharp. April 2009. Copy available from Seafish contact k_green@seafish.co.uk

Technical Report: Discarding in the North Sea and on the historical efficacy of gear-based technical measures in reducing discards. R. Enever, A.S. Revill, A. Grant. January 2009. ScienceDirect - Fisheries Research, Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages 1-138 (1 January 2009). Copy available from Seafish contact k_green@seafish.co.uk

Technical Report: Discarding in the English Channel, Western approaches, Celtic and Irish Seas (ICES subarea VII). R. Enever, A.S. Revill, A. Grant. September 2007. ScienceDirect - Fisheries Research, Volume 86, Issues 2-3, Pages 85-292 (September 2007). Copy available from Seafish contact k_green@seafish.co.uk

Briefing paper: WWF Briefing - The Scottish Conservation Credits Scheme - moving fisheries management towards conservation.

For further information contact:

Karen Green
Industry Environmental Communications
t: 07515 993499
e: k_green@seafish.co.uk

 

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