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Showing posts with label trials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trials. Show all posts

Tuesday 3 September 2019

Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.

The MMO are currently looking to trial catch recording for the Under 10m fleet. Here's what they say on their website:



Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.




(Please note this is a phased introduction and the service is being tested with invited fishers only.)

Overview


Use this service to create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.

You can use this service if you are a:


  • vessel owner
  • skipper

If you are a member of a producer organisation you should not use the online record your catch service and should continue to record your catch using a paper logbook.

All U10m flag vessels need to record their catch. The information is used to help UK fishing authorities manage fishing levels in a sustainable way.


This service replaces:



  • the NEP1 form
  • the MSAR1 form, however, depending on your location, local IFCAs may require additional information
  • the requirement to complete a log book when leasing fish quota and/or when fishing in 2 ICES areas (currently IV4/VIId and VIId/VIIe)

How to get an invite and register


How to get an invited
Vessel owners:You should receive an invite email. When you receive the invite email depends on your vessel size. You have one calendar month after receiving the email to register and start to use the service.
Skippers:To get an invite email contact the owner of the vessel you work on.

How to register

Vessel ownersWhen you register you’ll be asked to add the ports and gear you normally use and the species you catch for each of your vessels.

Adding this information before your trip makes it quicker to create a catch record. You’ll only need to do this once and you can change it in the future.


You can also add skippers to create catch records on your behalf.


Skippers


When you register you’ll be asked for your address and contact number.

What to record



  • You must create a catch record for everything you catch on every fishing trip, even if you only catch one fish or shellfish.
  • You’ll be asked for information about your trip and give estimates of the live weight of what you’ve caught. Your estimates must be within 10% of the actual weights in your sales note.
  • Landed weights can be converted to live weights by multiplying them by a conversion factor.
  • If you catch species with catch limits (quota) all sizes of fish must be recorded unless exemptions apply.
  • You’ll be also asked for the area, the statistical sub rectangle, where the majority of your catch was caught.



ICES Sub Rectangle: North East



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ICES Sub Rectangle: East



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ICES Sub Rectangle: South East



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ICES Sub Rectangle: South



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ICES Sub Rectangle: South West



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ICES Sub Rectangle: North West



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ICES Sub Rectangle: Northern Ireland



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When to record your catch


  • If you catch species subject to quotas or catch limits
  • You must create a catch record before you move your catch off the boat
  • If you catch species not subject to quotas or catch limits
  • You must create a catch record within 24 hours of landing your catch.
  • If you catch a mixture of species subject to quotas or catch limits and species not subject to quotas or catch limits
  • You must create a catch record before you move your catch off the boat.
  • If on the same trip you fish, or are present, in ICES area 4c and 7d, or 7d and 7e


You must create a catch record each time you cross the ICES boundary between these areas. You will need to use the apple or android app to create your catch record offline.

If you cross an ICES area while fishing


You must create a separate catch record for each ICES Area you have fished in. These must be created before you move your catch off the boat if you are catching quota species or species with catch limits, or within 24 hours of landing if you are catching only species not subject to quotas or catch limits. If you catch a mixture of species subject to quotas or catch limits and species not subject to quotas or catch limits, you must create the catch records before you move your catch off the boat.


Where to record your catch


You can record your catch on the web or you can download the Android or Apple app. The app allows you to record your catch in an area without a mobile signal.


You can get help to create a catch record if you do not have the appropriate access, skills or confidence to complete the service online.


Start recording your catch


You can only use this service if you are a:

  • vessel owner of a licensed under 10 metre flag vessel skipper who has been given permission by a vessel owner of a licensed under 10 metre vessel




Before you start



  • You will need: to have already have an invite and be registered to use the catch recording service your email address and password to sign in


Get help


A contact centre will be available following the full launch of the catch recording service. Phones will be staffed from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. At other times, the contact centre will run an automated service and fishers will be able to leave catch records over the phone. The contact centre number and further details will be posted shortly.


Further information is available in questions and answers from the consultation.


Videos


These short videos provide step-by-step guides to the new service:







Tuesday 10 April 2018

MMO - English fishing vessels sought for trials which may help to reduce discards

English fishing vessels sought for trials which may help to reduce discards

The MMO is looking for English fishing vessels to take part in trials aiming to encourage more selective fishing activity



The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is looking for English fishing vessels working in the North Sea to take part in three trial schemes which may help to reduce discards and encourage more selective fishing behaviour.

Vessels taking part in the trials may be fitted with remote electronic monitoring (REM) equipment or be involved in trying out new gears and may be awarded additional quota in return.

The MMO has run fully documented fisheries (FDF) schemes, sometimes referred to as catch quota trials, since 2011. As part of these schemes remote electronic monitoring (REM) equipment is fitted to vessels to encourage a reduction in discards. In addition, REM has proven to be a useful tool for gathering scientific data. The MMO has collaborated with the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas) on exploring this use.

The MMO is looking for English fishing vessels to apply for two fully documented fisheries schemes in 2018:


North-East Nephrops Fully Documented Fisheries
The MMO is also looking for English vessels to take part in the North East Nephrops Net Selectivity trials which is looking to trial new gears which have the potential to be more selective.

North Sea Fully Documented Fisheries
To take part the vessel must be English-registered and a member of a Producer Organisation. In return for taking part in this scheme, vessels will be able to access additional quota for North Sea cod and saithe. In addition scientific quota may be available.

Vessels must apply to take part by 16 April 2018.

The aims of the scheme in 2018 are to:

Test the use of REM as a control and enforcement tool
To monitor compliance with fisheries legislation
Test new developments in REM technologies
Trial the use of inter-species flexibility (ISF)
North-East Nephrops
This is a new scheme for 2018. To take part vessels must be English-registered and work within the North East nephrops fishery. In return for participation in this scheme, vessels will be able to access additional quota for North Sea haddock and whiting. In addition, scientific quota for nephrops may be available.

Vessels must apply to take part by 30 April 2018.

The aims of this scheme are to:

Test the use of REM as a control and enforcement tool within the nephrops fishery
To monitor compliance with fisheries legislation
Test new developments in REM technologies
North-East Nephrops Net Selectivity trials
This is a new scheme for 2018. To take part vessels must be English-registered and work within the North East nephrops fishery. When applying for this scheme vessels are asked to propose how they might improve their gear selectivity and the methods they will use to do this. In return for participation in this scheme, vessels will be able to access additional quota for North Sea haddock and whiting.

Vessels must apply to take part by 30 April 2018.

The aims of this scheme are to:

Trial the use of highly selective gear to reduce discards and catches of below Minimum Conservation Reference Size (MCRS) fish
To document the effects of using highly selective gear in this fishery

For more information on the scheme email ukcatchquota@defra.gov.uk or call 0300 123 1032.

This blog post explains more about how fully documented fisheries work in practice.