2014 England North Sea program in cod fishery

Program period: 2014

Number of vessels in the program: 12

Target species: Cod

Geographic scope of the program: North Sea

A brief description of the equipment employed in the EM / ER

A brief description of the specific goals of the program:

1. To review historic CQM and non CQM data to see if it is possible to detect changes in fishers behaviour in response to the different incentives created under a CQM system.
2. To provide an insight into what extent avoidance of species is possible where quota is limited for a ‘choke’ species.

Reporting agency or agencies involved in collecting, analyzing, storing the data:

Cefas

Points of contact for learning more about the program:

Paul Dolder: paul.dolder@cefas.co.uk