The Best Way to Reduce Discards Is by Not Catching Them!

Type Book section
Date 2019
Language English
Author(s) Reid David G1, Calderwood Julia1, Afonso Pedro2, Bourdaud PierreORCID3, Fauconnet Laurence2, Gonzalez-Irusta José Manuel2, Mortensen Lars O4, Ordines Francesc5, Lehuta SigridORCID3, Pawlowski Lionel6, Plet-Hansen Kristian S4, Radford Zachary7, Robert MarianneORCID6, Rochet Marie-Joelle8, Rueda Lucia5, Ulrich Clara4, Vermard YouenORCID3
Affiliation(s) 1 : Marine Institute, Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland
2 : Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), and OKEANOS Research Unit, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal
3 : Ifremer, Fisheries Ecol & Modelling Unit, Nantes, France
4 : National Institute of Aquatic Resources, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
5 : Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Palma, Spain
6 : Fishery Technology and Biology Laboratory, IFREMER, Lorient, France
7 : Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft, UK
8 : IFREMER, Centre Atlantique, Nantes, France
Book The European Landing Obligation, S. S. Uhlmann et al. (eds.), 2018. ISBN 978-3-030-03307-1 ISBN 978-3-030-03308-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8.Chap.13, pp.257-278
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8_13
Keyword(s) Challenge trials, Decision support tools, Discard avoidance, Fine scale mapping, Fish distribution, Fishers, Fishing strategies, Hot-spot maps
Abstract

Under the Landing Obligation (LO) fishers will need to reduce or land fish that were previously discarded. In this chapter we look at how they might be able to do that by summarising a number of studies conducted in various European regions. We start by describing a series of “challenge” trials where fishers tried to reduce their discards by whatever (legal) means they thought best. In some cases, they were able to reduce unwanted catches, in others they were less successful. We also interviewed fishers not involved in the trials to ask them what they thought they could do. We explore their approaches which generally fell into three categories: more selective gear; tactical and strategic changes; and management changes. Scientific data (surveys, landings, and observers data) can also be valuable to help fishers to decide where and when to fish to best avoid unwanted catches and maximise opportunities to catch their quotas. We provide some examples of this type of approach, and also how these can be adapted for use as interactive online apps that fishers can use in planning or whilst at sea

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Reid David G, Calderwood Julia, Afonso Pedro, Bourdaud Pierre, Fauconnet Laurence, Gonzalez-Irusta José Manuel, Mortensen Lars O, Ordines Francesc, Lehuta Sigrid, Pawlowski Lionel, Plet-Hansen Kristian S, Radford Zachary, Robert Marianne, Rochet Marie-Joelle, Rueda Lucia, Ulrich Clara, Vermard Youen (2019). The Best Way to Reduce Discards Is by Not Catching Them! In The European Landing Obligation, S. S. Uhlmann et al. (eds.), 2018. ISBN 978-3-030-03307-1 ISBN 978-3-030-03308-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8.Chap.13, pp.257-278 (Springer Nature). https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00473/58428/