Discards in the fisheries under German flag:Results from 7 years of National Data Collectionin the North Sea and North Atlantic ...

• Main Authors: Ulleweit, Jens, Stransky, Christoph, Panten, Kay
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2009 - Theme session M 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Technologies and data; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25073732.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Discards_in_the_fisheries_under_German_flag_Results_from_7_years_of_National_Data_Collectionin_the_North_Sea_and_North_Atlantic/25073732/1

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Since 2002, Germany is obliged to collect fishery data to support the European Common Fishery Policy. Sampling of the commercial fishery under German flag is one duty within the EU fisheries data collection ICES CM 2009/M:14 is one duty within the EU fisheries data collection programme. During the past 7 years, 191 fishing trips were sampled by scientific observers onboard commercial fishing vessels to collect data on catch compositions with special emphasis on the proportions of landed and discarded fish. ...