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Responsible Sourcing Guide - Nephrops.

An overview of the stock status and management advice for the North Sea cod fishery. It has been prepared for a non-technical audience and is primarily directed at seafood processors and retailers.

An overview of the stock status and management advice for Northeast Atlantic mackerel. It has been prepared for a non-technical audience and is primarily directed at mackerel processors and retailers.

This study details the practicalities of attachment, deployment and testing of acoustic deterrents (porpoise pingers) within the Celtic sea gill net fishery.

The Working Group on Electrical Trawling (WGELECTRA) met in Ostend, Belgium from 21–23 October 2014 to review knowledge of the effects of electrical fishing on the marine environment. This is the report of those findings and suggested recommendations.

Report on the Current State of Driftnet Fisheries in the UK.

This is a summary of information on the sardine (Sardina pilchardus) fished using pelagic seines and trawls, off Northwest Africa in Moroccan waters derived from scientific assessments and risk assessed using Seafish’s RASS scoring Guidance version 2.

The study was managed by officials from DARD, ANIFPO including the owners of the vessels engaged in the study and AFBI who carried out scientific monitoring of the pilot fishery. With the introduction of the Irish Sea cod recovery programme and its associated temporary sea area closures, several Northern Irish fishing vessels were displaced. They were encouraged to find sustainable alternatives to complete their annual fishing plans. Amongst the fishing vessels affected were four small (under 12 metre) vessels, which had traditionally targeted cod using gill-nets. The closure effectively stopped this fishery. As a result the four vessels, like many of their larger colleagues diversified into the Nephrops fishery using trawls. However, with the increasing costs of fuel and other overheads, combined with reductions in the landed price for Nephrops, the owners of the four vessels, together with the ANIFPO, decided to investigate alternative fishing opportunities. Following internal discussion, and with DARD’s Sea Fisheries Division, an application for funding was submitted to allow sea trials in the “open Irish Sea”, to examine the practicalities of using pots/creels to catch Nephrops. While creels were used in Strangford Lough, and other similar Loughs around Scotland, the possibility of using creels in areas traditionally trawled had not been investigated.

Review of king scallop dredge designs and impacts, legislation and potential conflicts with offshore wind farms.

Part of the Seafood 2040 aquaculture strategy for England - this full report includes a review of the English aquaculture landscape and current barriers to growth, along with the rationale and methodology behind the strategy.

The aim of this study was to compare the influence of different haul distances of a cod end beach seine on the catchability of fish in a surf zone.

A report on the Study Group on Electrical Trawling (SGELECTRA).