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Alternative Stimulation in Fisheries

The objective of this concerted action is to review current knowledge of fish behaviour and the stimuli to which they react. One aim of the review is to reveal where improvements might be made to current practice in fisheries. Question might be: is there an alternative to heavy ground gears that are thought to damage the sea bed perhaps using sound pulses, electric fields, laser beams or water jets? Why do not all fish small enough pass out through grids and square mesh windows built into codend extensions? It is widely recognized that there is a fund of knowledge about fish behaviour as well as the properties of physical and natural stimuli that is not made use of in applied fishing gear technology.

Plymouth Port Quality Audit

This report presents the findings of a Quality Audit of the new fishing complex at Sutton Harbour, Plymouth. The audit examined the quality of fish supplied to the market, standards of physical infrastructure, operating practices and management controls.

Lochinver Port Quality Audit

This report presents the findings of a Quality Audit of the fishing port of Lochinver that examined the quality of raw material supplies to the port, standards of physical infrastructure, operating practices and management controls.

Brixham Fish Market Study

For a number of years Torbay Council and its partners have been working to put in place an effective plan for the regeneration of the town of Brixham, including the provision of fisheries infrastructures that would ensure the long-term viability of the local fleet and fish-related businesses. Previous studies identified major problems in the port relating to lack of space, poor road access, insufficient parking and inadequate and unhygienic facilities for the landing and sale of fish, its processing and onward distribution. As a first stop to the regeneration of the town, Torbay Development Agency (TDA) is planning a new fish market and landing quay to be built on reclaimed land and for the existing fish market to be upgraded to provide modern hygienic facilities that will accommodate fish processing and storage.

Instrumented Trials on 'Destiny'

A Seafish trials team carried out an instrumented sea trial in December 1989 to investigate the causes of excessive exhaust temperature on the main propulsion engine. A report on these trials was produced as CR7. It was confirmed that the engine was not subject to overload in any of its fishing or steaming modes. The worst situations involved seining activitiers in which the engine was required to provide power to the jhydraulic seine winch and rope reels while running at low speeds (500 to 700 engine revs/min) in order to limit forward thrust from the propeller.

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Alternative Stimulation in Fisheries

Plymouth Port Quality Audit

Lochinver Port Quality Audit

Brixham Fish Market Study

Instrumented Trials on 'Destiny'

Scrabster Port Quality Audit

discardatlas_nww_pelagicandindustrialfisheries_201403.pdf

SECLG/ACIG Presentation 3. Aquaculture and human rights. 1 February 2023.

Fishmeal and Feed Fisheries Group. News alert. January 2023.

Common Language Group. January 2021. News alert.

fmig_june2020_ctmarshall.pdf

Common Language Group. News alert. Oct/Nov 2021.

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