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Aquaculture e-alert September 2016

Monthly aquaculture e-alert highlighting news items, legislation and reports.

Seafish summary of stakeholder activities to create a pathway to the landing obligation under CFP reform. December 2014

Seafish summary of key players and stakeholder activities to create a pathway to the landing obligation. Covers the devolved administrations, the Regional Advisory Councils, Producer Organisations, Fishermen's Organisations, Scientific bodies, selectivity and data colleciton trials, regional projects, EU Commission and Seafish.

Cornish Beam Trawl Diversification Project_IPF C071

With continued rising cost for fuel and no indications of prices falling back again the South West Beam trawl are looking for alternative fishing methods to target monkfish and megrims on their traditional fishing grounds. In Scottish waters many vessels target the same species using twin rig otter trawls. This project was set up to charter one of the Scottish vessels to fish the SW ground using twin rig to see if this would be a viable alternative for the SW fleet. The landings of the twin rig vessel were much less than local beam trawlers but much time was lost in exploring the beam trawl grounds for their suitability for towing with twin rig otter trawls. Despite this the catch rate for the time spent actually fishing indicates that twin rig could be a viable option in the SW. The catch profile of the twin rig is different to that of a beam trawler. Twin rig trawlers catch more higher swimming fish than beam trawlers. More knowledge of the stocks of these fish in the SW is needed to allow for otter trawling being financially viable. The discard rates recorded during the trials are not representative of discard rates for otter trawls in the area. The standard twin rig setup may need altering to better suit the SW fishing grounds and the fish species on them.

Guide to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

This guide looks at Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), globally and with reference to the Northeast Atlantic and UK waters.

Processor & Import Panel Minutes - September 2020

The Minutes of the Processor & Import Panel meeting, held on Tuesday 29 September 2020.

Seafish Roadmap to the UK, Scotland and NI Marine Bills and the UKMPA Network - October 2009

The aim of the UK, Scottish and Northern Ireland Marine Bills is to create a more strategic and holistic approach to the marine environment.

Shellfish Industry Advisory Group Meeting Minutes - September 2023

Meeting minutes for the 14th meeting of the Shellfish Industry Advisory Group (SIAG) which took place on 21st September 2023 via Microsoft Teams.

Domestic & Export Sector Panel Minutes - October 2021

The Minutes of the Domestic & Export Sector Panel meeting, held on Wednesday 27 October 2021.

Final Minutes DAG meeting 20 February 2012

Final minutes of the Discard Action Group meeting held in London on 20 February 2012.

The UK shellfish industry’s role in supporting shellfish ecosystem services and public goods and benefits

This report considers the role that fishing and aquaculture play in maintaining and enhancing shellfish ecosystem services and delivering public goods and benefits. The relevance of this to future marine policy development is also considered.

SIPF D123_Future Management of Brown Crab in UK and Ireland

This study (SIPF Project D123) looks at the merits of the various tools and systems used elsewhere to manage sectors involved with Brown Crab fisheries, such as; access restrictions, pot limitations, shellfish licences and permits, quotas and TACs, Minimum Landing Sizes and gear technology, and considers their utility in managing Brown Crab stocks in UK and Ireland.

SR688 The velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) fishery in Northern Ireland: a study of populations and welfare to enhance sustainability

Velvet swimming crabs are traditionally consumed by southern European nations where crab fisheries have collapsed - this has enabled development of the velvet crab fishery in Northern Ireland as a commercially significant sector. There exists, however, virtually no data on which to base the sustainable exploitation of this fishery. This research will pursue studies of populations and individuals of the velvet crab to provide critical information to inform and guide policy in this important fishing industry in Northern Ireland, and will potentially develop local economies and jobs. We will: (1) conduct field surveys of abundance and population structure of velvet crab; (2) assess effects of fishing methods and by-catch on sustainability; (3) examine the welfare of individuals with physiological measures to enhance survivorship and welfare during transportation, thus improving meat yield and quality.

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