Commercial fishing and fisheries

Regulations, monitoring and enforcement: detailed information

• From: Marine Management Organisation, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Closed organisation: Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency

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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 2015
• 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
• Vessel monitoring system: manufacturers and engineers
• Vessel monitoring system: register or re-register your device

Other

• 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