Datasets

• Bristol Channel Bass Selectivity Survey 2009/10 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  This work was part of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP), a Defra-funded collaborative programme of scientific research between the UK fishing industry and scientists....

• Northern North Sea Saithe (and Cod) Survey 2007/08 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  A programme set up in 2007/2008 which described the fine scale distribution and abundance in time and space of saithe (primarily) and cod, including specific information on the...

• North Sea whiting 2006/07 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  To investigate stomach contents of North Sea whiting to determine their diet, and any possible changes to that diet since the last large-scale stomach survey in 1991. The...

• Selectivity of Gillnets used in the Cornish Red Mullet Fishery 2010/11 -...

  To look at the capture of red mullet, and associated species, with different mesh sizes of gill nets. A range of nets will be used, within the range 50-80mm, made up into...

• Western Edge ghost nets 2005/06 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  One Fisheries Science Partnership survey was carried out in September/October 2005 to examine the amount and mesh size of lost and discarded gillnets in the anglerfish and shark...

• Skate and ray discard survey 2007/08 - Fisheries Science Partnership survey

  To ascertain the likely survival rate of skates and rays discarded as a consequence of the proposed introduction of a maximum landing length, and also to develop on-board...

• North Sea Eliminator type gear trials 2009/10 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  To provide new information on comparative catch profiles of the "eliminator" trawl to those from a conventional trawl fitted with belly cod-escape panels. And to address...

• North Sea Bass Gillnet Selectivity 2008/09 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  To assess the selective properties of gill nets (over a range of mesh sizes) in an emergent bass fishery in the central and Southern North Sea and to evaluate the survival rates...

• Northern Thames Estuary Sole Selectivity Trails 2010/11 - Fisheries Science...

  To investigate the potential of more selective/environmentally friendly fishing methods by fitting square-mesh panels to 80mm otter trawls (i.e. modified trawl design) to reduce...

• Selectivity of hake gill nets in the Southwest fishery 2005/06 - Fisheries...

  To examine the catch composition and selectivity of a range of static gears for hake in the southwest fisheries. FSP Programme 8 demonstrated the selectivity characteristics of...

• Reducing discards: Square-mesh codends in combination with square-mesh...

  The main objective of this FSP project was to demonstrate that square-mesh codends in combination with multiple square-mesh panels can effectively reduce discards in he SW beam...

• Cod Tagging in the North Thames Region 2009/10 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  The FV Harvester was chartered between February and March 2010 as part of the FSP North Thames cod tagging programme. The aim of the programme was to investigate spatial...

• North East nephrops gear selectivity 2004/05 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  An investigation into the potential for improving the selectivity for whitefish in the North Sea Nephrops fishery using a cut-away headline trawl. The main objectives were to...

• Cuttlefish Diversification (Inshore) 2011/12 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  To explore gear configurations that could improve selectivity in the current fishery and collect information on the catches, including associated species caught, that would help...

• North Wales Spurdog Longline Fishery 2008/09 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  To increase knowledge of the spatial and temporal dynamics of spurdog in waters off North Wales, to provide contemporary data on the reproductive parameters used in demographic...

• Gillnet retrieval survey 2006/07 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  Gillnet retrieval survey carried out on fishing grounds to the south-west of Ireland, from 4th to 24th July 2006, using the commercial trawler FV Regina Ponti, to examine the...

• Eastern Channel cod 2006/07 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  To identify and map spawning aggregations of cod in the eastern English Channel and to tag the mature, spawning fish within these aggregations by conventional means. In...

• Spurdog, porbeagle and common skate by-catch and discard reduction 2011/12-...

  To collect field data on the numbers of elasmobranchs of conservation interest (porbeagle, common skate and spurdog) taken as by-catch in offshore gillnet fisheries and their...

• Bristol Channel 100mm codend trials 2010/11 - Fisheries Science Partnership

  This work was carried out as part of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP), a Defra-funded collaborative programme of scientific research between the UK fishing industry and...

• 2025 SMEEF (Kintyre Coastal Network) Seagrass Survey

  Seagrass Meadows Project seagrass survey carried out by Kintyre Coastal Network. Human-observed density measurements across transects lines using drop video from COAST Explorer...