FN Archimer Export Format PT CHAP TI The Best Way to Reduce Discards Is by Not Catching Them! BT 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 AF 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 AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:2;6:2;7:4;8:5;9:3;10:6;11:4;12:7;13:6;14:8;15:5;16:4;17:3; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:PDG-RBE-EMH;10:PDG-RBE-STH-LTBH;11:;12:;13:PDG-RBE-STH-LTBH;14:PDG-RBE-EMH;15:;16:;17:PDG-RBE-EMH; C1 Marine Institute, Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), and OKEANOS Research Unit, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal Ifremer, Fisheries Ecol & Modelling Unit, Nantes, France National Institute of Aquatic Resources, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Palma, Spain Fishery Technology and Biology Laboratory, IFREMER, Lorient, France Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft, UK IFREMER, Centre Atlantique, Nantes, France C2 MARINE INSTITUTE, IRELAND INSTITUTO DO MAR (IMAR), PORTUGAL IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV TECH DENMARK (DTU AQUA), DENMARK IEO, SPAIN IFREMER, FRANCE CEFAS, UK IFREMER, FRANCE SI BOULOGNE NANTES LORIENT SE PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL PDG-RBE-EMH PDG-RBE-STH-LTBH UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00473/58428/61004.pdf LA English DT Book section DE ;Challenge trials;Decision support tools;Discard avoidance;Fine scale mapping;Fish distribution;Fishers;Fishing strategies;Hot-spot maps AB 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 PY 2019 DI 10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8_13 ID 58428 ER EF