2005 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA6 Technical Report - Fishing - Provision of Fishing Activity Data (Irish Sea)
This report is a contribution to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA6) conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change). This report deals with fishing activity in the SEA6 area over the period 1998 - 2003. The different types of fishing carried out are briefly described and the fishing effort is presented in annual and seasonal maps for the area, based on data acquired by aerial surveillance by regular British Fishery Protection flights. The major fleets in the Irish Sea are otter trawlers, beam trawlers, scallop trawlers and potters.
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publication: 2005-04-15
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The report was prepared by Craig Mills and Paul Eastwood of CEFAS as part of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme. Aerial surveillance data supplied by the Sea Fisheries Inspectorate (SFI) and the Scottish
Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) were used to estimate the distribution and relative intensity of fishing effort. The two datasets were provided in different formats and were therefore analysed separately. Data for Scottish waters from SFPA covered the period 1996 and 2002. The Scottish fisheries surveillance programme follows a similar methodology to that used by the SFI. Unlike SFI data, observations from patrol vessels were also included in the dataset. However, overflight and patrol vessel effort data were not available. Standardisation of the fishing vessel observations was therefore not possible. SFPA surveillance data were aggregated by ICES quarter rectangles.
Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) were used to estimate the distribution and relative intensity of fishing effort. The two datasets were provided in different formats and were therefore analysed separately. Data for Scottish waters from SFPA covered the period 1996 and 2002. The Scottish fisheries surveillance programme follows a similar methodology to that used by the SFI. Unlike SFI data, observations from patrol vessels were also included in the dataset. However, overflight and patrol vessel effort data were not available. Standardisation of the fishing vessel observations was therefore not possible. SFPA surveillance data were aggregated by ICES quarter rectangles.
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