A Recent Uk Joint Initiative To Revise Technical Conservation Measures Regulating The Design Of Mobile Gears ...

• Main Authors: Ferro, R.S.T., Graham, G.N.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2000 - W - Theme session 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; The sea and human culture and societies; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25637001; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/A_Recent_Uk_Joint_Initiative_To_Revise_Technical_Conservation_Measures_Regulating_The_Design_Of_Mobile_Gears/25637001

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The demersal fisheries in ICES Sub-areas IV (North Sea) and VIa (West of Scotland) (Fig. 1) are of particular importance to the UK industry. Of the countries fishing these areas, the highest proportion of the three main roundfish species - cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) are landed in the UK (Table 1). Landings from sub-areas IV and VIa accounted for 81% of the total UK landings of these three species in 1997. In the last decade, priority has been given to developing and promoting technical conservation measures (tcm’s) which control gear design and aim to reduce the catching and discarding of juveniles. The fisheries for cod, haddock and whiting within these two sub-areas are currently regulated by a minimum mesh size of 100 mm. There is a by-catch in the flatfish and Nephrops fisheries which are subject to minimum mesh sizes of 70 and 80 mm and generate significant discarding of ...