Citation : 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
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To date skippers, owner/skippers and shore based managers have been interviewed representing a wide range of fisheries and countries (Ireland, Denmark, Spain-the Balearics, France-Eastern Channel, Greece-North Aegean Sea, and Portugal-Azores). They include whitefish and pelagic trawlers (both single and twin rig trawlers), prawn trawlers and seine netters. It also includes small scale fishers using gill and trammel nets and bottom deep-water longlines and handlines. The semi-structured interviews addressed a range of issues relating to the fishermen’s responses to the Landing Obligation regulations. They were asked initially about what they saw as the causes of discarding and the levels of that. They were then asked about methods of mitigating the impacts of the Landing Obligation in their day to day operations. The interviews were carried out following a semi-structured design. The interviewer had a core list of issues that they wished to address. However, the interview was based on asking very broad questions, and allowing the interviewee to talk first about what they wanted to discuss, and following up to obtain the more specific responses sought in the outline (An example used in the Irish interviews is presented after the report). Solutions proposed by fishermen were separated into technical (gear changes) and tactical (fishing behaviour changes). They were also asked about management responses that might or might not help.
We have presented the summarised ideas identified by fishermen in a series of different categories in the following tables. We have also sought to identify both commonalities, where fishermen from two or more countries identified the same issues. We have also tried to identify where ideas from one country might be applied to fisheries in others. Conversely, we have also tried to show where the responses reflect the unique characteristics of fisheries management in that country. The most obvious of these would be the quota based management outside the Mediterranean.
The table below presents the lists of interviews carried out within WP4 and used for this Deliverable. This includes the project task, the DiscardLess partner in charge, the number of interviews and their function/institution. These data are taken from Appendix 1 of the DiscardLess 18 month report.
When was/were the interview(s) conducted? |
Type of interview and means of recording |
List of interview questions / interview guide |
Affiliation/type of the interviewed persons |
Language |
DiscardLess Beneficiary |
12, 14 and 15 September 2016 |
Semi-structured; interview notes, lasting 0.5-1 hour |
Interview 2 |
Fishermen from Mallorca (Balearic Islands) |
Catalan |
3 (IEO) |
April 27 2016 |
Interview, notes (1.5 hours) |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fisherman |
English |
14 (MI)
|
May 20 2016 |
Interview, notes (1 hour) |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fisherman |
English |
14 (MI)
|
July 4 2016 |
Interview, audio recorded (2 hours) |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fisherman |
English |
14 (MI)
|
July 5 2016 |
Interview, audio recorded (1.5 hours) |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fisherman |
English |
14 (MI)
|
August 3 2016 |
Interview, audio recorded (1 hour) |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fishermen |
English |
14 (MI)
|
October 24 2016 |
Interview, audio recorded (1 hour) |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fisherman |
English |
14 (MI)
|
October 24 2016 |
Interview, audio recorded (1 hour) |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fisherman |
English |
14 (MI)
|
27-31 March 2015 |
Interview, notes |
Interview 2 |
Various fishermen representatives |
Greek |
15 (NAYS) |
17-21 September 2016 |
Semi-structured; interview notes, lasting 1 to 2 hours each |
Interview 2 |
Fishermen representatives from trawlers & purse seiners (10 people) and coastal segment (2 people) |
Greek |
7 UBO |
Nov-Dec 2016
(22 interviews) |
Semi-structured; interview notes, lasting 1 to 2 hours each |
Interview 2 |
fishers (mostly skippers and boat owners, 3 are also presidents of fishers associations); other representatives of fishers associations |
Portuguese |
7 UBO, 17 IMAR-UAz |
July 2015 |
Semi-structured; interview notes, lasting 1.5 hours |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fisherman |
English |
27, MNRG |
July 2015 |
Semi-structured; interview notes, lasting 2.5 hours |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fisherman |
English |
27, MNRG |
November 2015 |
Semi-structured; interview notes, lasting 2 hours |
Interview 5 |
Irish Fisherman |
English |
27, MNRG |
December 2016 |
Semi-structured; interview notes, lasting 2 hours |
Interview 2 |
French Fisherman |
French |
7 UBO, 16 Aquimer |
February 2016 |
Interviews. |
Interview |
French Fisherman |
French |
2 Ifremer |
September 2015 |
Semi-structured; interview notes, lasting 2 hours |
Interview 2 |
French Fisherman |
French |
7 UBO |