English channel Towed Gear Discard Study 1997/98 ICES Areas VIId and VIIe

Summary

Seafish have been funded by MAFF to carry out a pilot study to determine the feasibility of establishing a discard sampling regime in the English Channel, ICES (International Commission for the Exploitation of the Sea) Areas VIId and VIIe (see Figure 1). This report sets out to explain what a discard survey is, why it is necessary, how it is carried out and the potential benefits of such a survey to the industry. An important part of this study will also be to assess the feasibility of a self-sampling programme carried out by fishermen themselves. This report has been produced from a scanned original and may therefore contain some formatting and other inaccuracies. In cases where this affects the technical content, a paper copy of the original report can still be obtained from Seafish.

Publication Reference No.

SR507

Publication date

01 June 1997