Book chapter
The best way to reduce discards is by not catching them!
Marine Institute1
Universidade dos Açores2
Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer3
Section for Ecosystem based Marine Management, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark4
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark5
Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia6
CEFAS Lowestoft Laboratory7
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.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Springer |
Year: | 2019 |
Pages: | 257-278 |
Journal subtitle: | Reducing Discards in Complex, Multi-species and Multi-jurisdictional Fisheries |
ISBN: | 3030033074 , 3030033082 , 9783030033071 and 9783030033088 |
Types: | Book chapter |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8_13 |
ORCIDs: | Mortensen, Lars O. , Schreiber Plet-Hansen, Kristian and Ulrich, Clara |
Challenge trials Decision support tools Discard avoidance Fine scale mapping Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Fish distribution Fishers Fishing strategies Freshwater & Marine Ecology Hot-spot maps Life Sciences Marine & Freshwater Sciences Maritime Economics Natural Resources Sustainable Development