This is a shout out to individual skippers with a particular interest in the gathering and use of your fishing data.
Data should drive the management of fish stocks. Fishermen have the most robust data about fish stocks in the UK as compared to the small percentage gathered formally by scientific research - it has always been so. The question is how can fishermen get to see this data used for their benefit?
Please contact me with any thoughts or ideas you may have so thhat I can bring these to the next All Parliamentary Party Fisheries Group meeting - see below.
Robust, up-to-date, accurate data is essential for well-informed fisheries management. The fisheries industry has a key role to play in this data collection, due to fishers’ deep experiential knowledge of the ocean, the frequency of time spent at sea, and their interactions with the marine environment and the fish stocks it contains. This role is increasingly being realised through a range of measures, including both compulsory regulations and voluntary collaborations with scientists.
Fishers can feel negatively impacted by regulatory measures that necessitate data collection, for reasons such as a greater administrative burden, technical difficulties in ensuring compliance, or feelings of unnecessary scrutiny of their livelihoods. It is essential to ensure that data collection methods are straightforward and that collected data is used effectively and fairly, in collaboration with the fishing industry. This event will explore ways to strengthen efforts to make this a reality across the UK.
Robust, up-to-date, accurate data is essential for well-informed fisheries management. The fisheries industry has a key role to play in this data collection, due to fishers’ deep experiential knowledge of the ocean, the frequency of time spent at sea, and their interactions with the marine environment and the fish stocks it contains. This role is increasingly being realised through a range of measures, including both compulsory regulations and voluntary collaborations with scientists.
Fishers can feel negatively impacted by regulatory measures that necessitate data collection, for reasons such as a greater administrative burden, technical difficulties in ensuring compliance, or feelings of unnecessary scrutiny of their livelihoods. It is essential to ensure that data collection methods are straightforward and that collected data is used effectively and fairly, in collaboration with the fishing industry. This event will explore ways to strengthen efforts to make this a reality across the UK.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
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