Take the Marine Litter Survey!

Perceptions about marine litter

We invite you to take part in a survey about marine litter (litter which is found on the coast and in the sea).

Who is organising this survey?

This survey is part of a European project called MARLISCO – Marine Litter in Europe Seas: Social Awareness and Co-Responsibility. The survey is being led by Plymouth University, UK.

What are the aims of the survey?

We want to understand what people’s opinions are about marine litter. In this survey there are some questions about what type of litter is found on the coast and in the sea, where it comes from, what the consequences are, and who is responsible.

On the next few pages we will ask you some questions about this and it should only take about 15 minutes. There are no right or wrong answers to the questions in this survey. We are interested in your opinions.

What happens to the information I provide?

Participation in this research guarantees confidentiality of the information you provide. No one apart from the research team will have any access to the information you provide. We will not ask you to write your name on the survey. Surveys will be stored securely for as long as is required by the UK Data Protection Act. Once the data are analysed a report of the findings may be submitted for publication. Only broad trends will be reported and it will not be possible to identify any individuals. A summary of the results will be available from the researcher on request.

Contact for further information If you require any further information or have any queries about this survey, please contact the principal researcher, Bonny Hartley (bonny.hartley@plymouth.ac.uk)

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COD ON PETERHEAD FISHMARKET

Two short movies showing the fish from the Scottish pair team, the Budding Rose...



and the Lapwing with their trip of white fish on Peterhead market. 

Monday mornings muniferous market

Reap and ye shall sow, of course that's one difference between fishing and farming...

some of young Roger's JDs, 'cept they weren't his!...

so much fish the auction started at 6am this morning...#earlystart...

tall tales aboard the beamer, St Georges...

the buyers were on a roll this morning...

with plenty of top quality prime day boat fish in addition to the big beam trawl trips...

a hard graft of a trip for the patron of pollack, the Sea Spray...

the Still Waters had a good shot of JDs...

and some cracking looking red mullet...

a nasty poisonous spine but a good eater, the Greater Weaver fish - most likely place to tread on one, Sennen Beach!...

solo fly-past on the gull's dawn patrol...

tupperware tub en-passage...

Mr JD himself in berth...

handy to the other quality dayboat fleet members like the Shiralee...

you can see how langoustine figure in the importance to the local economy...

on the Breton boats...

a peaceful start to the day after the previous evening's inclemency!

Raw Herring - a fil about the once huge Dutch herring fishery.

Fished for over a thousand years, the Hollandse Nieuwe (Dutch New Herring) is a phenomenon that has become a national cultural icon. More recently, the Dutch herring fleet has lost a great deal of its importance as only two vessels are now fishing for herring under the Dutch flag.

Internationally known for the multi-award-winning trilogy Eye of the Day, Shape of the Moon and Position Among the Stars, Leonard Retel Helmrich and sister/collaborator Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich return to their signature approach, single shot cinema, which involves long takes, close to the subject, made with a flexible and smoothly moving camera. The framing and movement of the camera are paramount, capturing and directing emotions for the audience and bringing humanity and simplicity to the fore. In this way, Raw Herring is a touching story told from the point of view and daily routine of Dutch herring fishers, a life in which comradeship and herring are celebrated in equal measure with loved ones on shore.

Frédéric Boyer - Artistic Director Tribeca Film Festival

Director Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich 
Screenwriter Ester Gould, Leonard Retel Helmrich 
Producer In-Soo Radstake, Esther van Messel 
Editor Jasper Naaijkens Cinematographer Leonard Retel Helmrich 
Composer Ahmad Fahmi Alatas 
Co-Producer Floor Koomen, EO

RAW HERRING / HOLLANDSE NIEUWE is part of TELEDOC, a cooperation of NPO, Dutch Film Fund and CoBO.

CFP reform and dogmas

The final CFP deal is approaching. Agreement on sustainability will be easier to achieve if all parties involved would be willing to step away from their traditional dogmas:

•  Politicians and administrators should admit that detailed management will be costly and difficult and that their ability to 'shape' fisheries is limited
•  Industry representatives should accept that changes are inevitable
• NGOs should stop warning that last fish is going to be caught soon and admit that large part of the EU stocks is not at the brink of collapse and in fact their state is improving

But, unfortunately, it is easier to continue repeating the same old stories..... or do you see some 'positive' change???

Pavel Salz   2nd

Director at Framian

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Giving Small-Scale Fisheries a Place: Knowledge and Governance Challenges

Anyone able to get funded to represent small-scale or artisnal fishermen would do well to attend this conference! - there is a huge 50% discount for small-scale fishermen to attend!


Tuesday 25 June 2013, 09:00-18:00

Organized by:

Centre for Maritime Research (MARE), IMARES - Wageningen UR, GAP2 and the Too Big To Ignore project

Confirmed Speakers

Prof. David Symes will give a keynote lecture on the definition of small-scale fisheries knowledge and governance challenges in Europe and beyond.

Dr. Steve Mackinson, coordinator of GAP1 and GAP2 projects and member of CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK), will present an overview of a GAP2 case study on the role of multiple stakeholders in research and governance on fisheries and the marine environment.

Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee, principal investigator of the Too Big To Ignore research network, will discuss transdisciplinarity in small-scale fisheries research.

Jaap Vegter is coordinator of Stichting Geïntegreerde Visserij and a fisherman himself. He will give a lecture on the practices of small-scale fishing in the Netherlands and on the connection between small-scale fishing, sustainability and local economy.

Programme Information

Small-scale fisheries have a long and complex history in Europe. Nowadays they still make up a majority of the fleet in a number of countries, especially in southern Europe. Around 70,000 of the 84,000 commercial fishing vessels (83%) in Europe are below 12 meter in length and classified as belonging to small-scale fisheries (Macfadyen et al. 2011). Similar to those in other parts of the world, small-scale fishers in Europe face many challenges, like market competition, urban development, and the expansion of coastal tourism. Despite their numbers, small-scale fisheries have tended to get relatively little attention in fishery management debates. The new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), still under negotiation and expected to enter into force in 2014, is likely to introduce specific new measures for small-scale fisheries. That raises challenges: is there appropriate knowledge on small-scale fisheries and what governance arrangements would best achieve the policy goals?

In Asia, Africa, and Latin America, small-scale fisheries still predominate. But there too, small-scale fisheries receive little attention in policy-making even though they contribute in a major way to employment and food security. Their technologies and skills are more relevant than ever for a world that seeks a positive balance with nature.

All sorts of efforts and initiatives are required to address the current and emerging concerns related to small-scale fisheries. Building upon two ongoing research projects, this policy day focuses on two issues: knowledge and governance. GAP2’s (see www.gap2.eu) purpose is to demonstrate the role and value of stakeholder driven science within the context of fisheries governance. The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI – see http://toobigtoignore.net/) project aims to promote and revitalize small-scale fishing communities around the world, including Europe. Both projects are concerned about the relative lack of information about small-scale fisheries and their communities, and strive to improve and better integrate our knowledge base into the policy process.

The policy day centres on the following questions:

What is the future of small-scale fisheries in Europe? And how is the new Common Fisheries Policy going to affect this sector? What are the key governance challenges of small-scale fisheries in Europe today, and what further action is required to allow this sector to play its role? How can better knowledge be developed with and about small-scale fisheries? The policy day is expected to be relevant for:

Policy makers (EU, national governments) Fisher and fisheries representatives NGOs and consumer organizations Natural and social scientists working on fisheries issues Costs (Including lunch, coffee, drinks after):

€ 100.00 per person

Fishermen and fisheries representatives can obtain a fee reduction of 50%, which can be requested to mareconference-gpio@uva.nl after registration. Only the first 10 applicants can obtain such discount. In case of a valid request, 50% of the total registration fee (€ 100,00) will be repaid.

Registration

Please fill in the registration form.

Registrations are limited to the first 100 applicants.

Venue

Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT) Mauritskade 63 1092 AD Amsterdam Netherlands Contact 

For practical information, please contact: Bram Verelst Plantage Muidergracht 14-16 1018 TV Amsterdam B.Verelst@uva.nl

The irony after Area VII D and cod cut to a zero quota - North-east skipper convinces TV chef that cod stocks are on the rise!

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has welcomed the news that celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recognises that North Sea cod stocks were now increasing towards healthy levels. A report in the Press & Journal newspaper on Saturday 25 May said: “Celebrity chef High Fearnley Whittingstall – who angered skippers by suggesting UK fish stocks were running dangerously low – admitted yesterday that North Sea cod stocks were now rising to healthy levels. 

He spoke out after a fact finding fishing trip on a north-east trawler. The River Cottage star agreed to spend nearly two days with the crew of the Peterhead-registered Budding Rose after skipper Peter Bruce launched an online campaign to counter claims made in the TV series Hugh’s Fish Fight. Mr Bruce and other fishermen from Peterhead and Fraserburgh set up the Real Fish Fight action group to highlight healthy North Sea stocks and show the sacrifices Scotland’s fishing fleets made in the name of conservation. 

Speaking at Peterhead harbour after returning to shore from his stormy voyage, Fearnley-Whittingstall said it was clear that cod stocks were on the increase, but insisted that he had not made a U-turn on his views. “I don’t think there’s any contradiction between the idea that cod stocks are below where they ought to be, but they are rising,” he said. “The latest science says that stocks are below safe biological levels, but it also confirms that stocks are rising, and that’s good news and that’s what fishermen are reporting this year. “The science will always be a little behind what the fishermen are seeing, but the next set of statistics will hopefully confirm that cod is getting close to, if not getting into, safe levels for spawning mass. “Then we can start to feel confident about the stability of the stock.” 

He blamed comments posed on internet forums for sparking a war of words between his supporters and north-east fishermen. “We don’t control those online conversations,” he said. “We try to be very careful and deal in hard facts. 

What happens in the discussion forums is something we don’t have control over and that’s where things get very lively. “But we don’t want people to think we were ducking the question, or not interested in finding out the truth – we wanted to come up here, go fishing with Peter and talk about these things face-to-face.” 

Mr Bruce said there had been some ‘barnstorming’ sessions between the air during the trip, which began at Lerwick on Wednesday morning. “The guy was willing to come out with us and see what we’re doing,” he said. “I think he learned a lot, but time will tell if it’s going to do any good. “For him to recognise that cod stocks are rising is really something, though.” 
The trip was filmed for the next series of Hugh’s Fish Fight, due to be screened in the autumn.