Monitoring of discarding and retention by trawl fisheries in Western Waters and the Irish Sea in relation to stock assessment and technical measures

• Main Authors: Allen, M. (Michelle), Araujo-Fernández, M.H. (María Hortensia), Armstrong, M. (Mike), Briggs, R. (Richard), Caslake, R. (Richard), Díez, G. (Guzmán), Findlay, M. (Malcom), Godden, N. (Nigel), Hewer, A. (Alison), Hugues-Dit-Ciles, E. (Emily), Kingston, A. (Allen), Lart, W. (William), Lucio, P. (Paulino), Pérez-Contreras, M.N. (María Nélida), Pawson, M. (Mike), Quincoces, I. (Iñaki), Reese, R.A. (Allan), Santurtún, M. (Marina), Schön, P.J. (Pieter Jan), Scott, R. (Robert), Searle, A. (Allen), Senior, R. (Rebbecca)
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo
• Subjects: Dermersal fisheries; Fish discards; By catch; Trash fish; Marine fish; Commercial species; Fishery surveys; Fishery stock assessment; Fishery resources; Fishery data; Fishery management; Fishery statistics; Fish catch statistics; Fishery economics; Fishing gear; Fishing technology; Marine ecology; Irish Sea; Celtic Sea; Bay of Biscay; North East Atlantic; Baka; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/9089

Westem Waters fisheries face major challenges in relation to the depleted state of the fishery resources and in implementing the adjustments required to bring exploitation of these resources on to a more sustainable basis. Fisheries assessments, as carried out by ICES working groups, use data from m...