Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): work package 8B final report identifying fishing activities and their associated drivers

[Extract from Executive Summary] This Work Package (WP8B) of the SIFIDS project focused on vessels that are 12 m or under in length, use static gear (pots or creels), and primarily target lobsters (Homarus gammarus), crabs (Cancer pagurus and Necora puber), and prawns (Nephrops norvegicus). WP8B had...

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Main Authors: Mendo, Tania, Smout, Sophie, Ransijn, Johanna, Durbach, Ian, McCann, Paddy, Crowe, Swithun, Carulla Fàbrega, Ariadna, de Prado, Irene, James, Mark
Other Authors: Ladd-Jones, Hannah
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23463
https://doi.org/10.15664/10023.23463
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Summary:[Extract from Executive Summary] This Work Package (WP8B) of the SIFIDS project focused on vessels that are 12 m or under in length, use static gear (pots or creels), and primarily target lobsters (Homarus gammarus), crabs (Cancer pagurus and Necora puber), and prawns (Nephrops norvegicus). WP8B had two principal objectives: 1. Identify fishing activity profiles for static gear vessels in the inshore fleet prosecuting lobsters, crabs and nephrops. 2. Incorporate effort, biological data, socio-economic data, environmental data to understand fishing behaviour Publisher PDF