What proposed tactical methods to avoid unwanted catch are not supported ?

Disclaimer : The views expressed in this report are those of the stakeholders that were interviewed and in no way represent the views of the research institutes, the national authorities or the European Commission.

There were few commonalities under this heading. Probably the most apparent was the doubt expressed by both Irish, Greek and Azores fishermen about closures and particularly permanent closures. The most detailed responses came from the Irish fishermen, but this may be as they were asked this question specifically. What was interesting here, was that they expressed opposition to ideas that other fishermen in Ireland had supported or proposed in earlier sections e.g. information sharing and non permanent closures, like RTC. Information sharing was also seen as useful by some fishers in both the Eastern Channel, and the Azores, but again only at small, and local scale, “friends and family members” in the Channel, and lack of trust as an issue in the Azores. This is discussed in more detail in the text sections below.

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Fiche What proposed tactical methods to avoid unwanted catch are not supported ?, Author(s) : Dave Reid


DiscardLess Atlas [on line]. 2017. Reid et al., 2017. DiscardLess Deliverable D4.1: Initial avoidance manuals by case study including tactical, strategic and gear based approaches agreed by scientists and fishers. http://www.discardless.eu/fishermen_story