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Commercial fishing and fisheries

Regulations, monitoring and enforcement: detailed information

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Catch Quota Trials

  • Catch Quota Trials
  • North Sea trials show less than 1 percent of cod discarded

Enforcement news

  • Inaccurate e-log costs skippers and vessel owners £16,000
  • Influence management of England's inshore fisheries
  • Influence management of England’s inshore fisheries
  • Skipper fined for fisheries offences
  • Use of net attachments cost master and owner £25,000

Fisheries statistics

  • Effort use statistics
  • Quota use statistics
  • Review of monthly statistics 2014

Quota and catch limits

  • UK and England quota management rules
  • Manage your fishing effort
  • Fixed quota allocation units
  • Manage and lease fishing quota
  • Calculate your fisheries catch limits
  • Forms for Producer Organisations (PO) to communicate vessel changes and quotas swaps
  • Fish and land nephrops: vessels 10 metres and under
  • South Devon trawling and crabbing chart 2021
  • Apply for a scientific research dispensation
  • Catch limits increased after meetings with fishermen
  • Compliance and Enforcement Strategy
  • Fishing offences: Penalties and inspections

Vessel licensing and lists

  • Engine power monitoring and testing
  • Vessel lists over 10 metres
  • Vessel lists 10 metres and under

Sales notes and electronic recording systems

  • Electronic Recording System user manual
  • How to manually report electronic logbook reports
  • How to report fishing activities using an electronic logbook software system

Species protection and marine conservation

  • New regulations controlling trade in some shark and ray species
  • Reduce dolphin and porpoise by-catch
  • Supply aquariums and zoos with marine species
  • Understand marine conservation byelaws

Vessel monitoring systems

  • Apply for and register your vessel monitoring system device
  • Vessel monitoring system: apply for grant aid
  • Vessel monitoring system: data request
  • Vessel monitoring system devices
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  • Vessel monitoring system: register or re-register your device

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  • Catch Quota Trial Final Report 2013 - western haddock
  • Closure of the skates and rays fishery in Eastern English Channel
  • Exploring options for fisheries management – new industry panel to be created
  • Industry negotiations result in Channel scallop deal
  • Vessel owner and master guilty of illegal fishing in Lyme Bay

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