Towards a Shark and Ray Management Plan for the North Sea : the role of stakeholder participation ...

• Main Authors: Walker, Paddy, Kingma, Irene, van de Water, Monique
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2014 - Theme session G 2023
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management; Common skate
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24752382; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Towards_a_Shark_and_Ray_Management_Plan_for_the_North_Sea_the_role_of_stakeholder_participation/24752382

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. There are 18 species of sharks and rays in the North Sea populating all ecological niches from coastal to offshore, pelagic and demersal. These species are characterised by their late maturity and low fecundity, making them extra sensitive to enhanced mortality by fishing and loss of coastal and offshore habitats for nursery and feeding. Many of the species are included in international policy and conservation guidelines as threatened or some, for example the common skate, are locally extinct in the North Sea. For the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive the Dutch government requires advice on measures for sharks and rays. An advisory management plan for these species has been written over a period of 18 months during a participative process in which scientists, NGOs, fishermen, fisheries representatives and government officials were invited to share their expertise to help formulate management objectives and measures. ...