CEFAS52cbedaa-2c53-459d-b9f7-6e64eba2e7b8 English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2021-12-14T03:36:27 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Area VII 120mm Square Mesh Panel Evaluation 2015/16 - Fisheries Science Partnership FSP Area VII Haddock Discard Eliminations using Technical Measures 2017-08-23 publication 2021-12-14 revision 2017-08-23 creation CEFAS18685 https://data.cefas.co.uk A trial undertaken to evaluate the performance of a 120mm square mesh panel (SMP) recently regulated in the Celtic Sea for TR1 and TR2 otter trawlers. The use of this gear modification has been mandatory in ICES areas VIIf, g and northern VIIj since 2015. The trial, commissioned and funded from the Defra Fisheries Science Partnership programme to meet the UK commitments made at the EU December Council meetings in 2014, was to assess improvements in selectivity using the larger mesh SMP, particularly for haddock and cod, in the context of the landing obligation, and to determine the potential economic consequences of using this gear design. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) data.manager@cefas.co.uk owner Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk owner notPlanned Management Monitoring Analysis Advice Stock (biological) GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Fisheries Fish SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Fishing by-catch SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Water column SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2010-05-18 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Public data - no limitations to reuse English biota -7.00 -1.00 47.50 51.00 2015-08-10 2016-03-21 Binary Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/18685 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: Binary download. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Species Distribution – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification The trial was split into two periods of operation to cover the main English fisheries relevant to the new regulation. Trial 1 was conducted from 10th - 19th August 2015 in the southern area of ICES area VIIf/g/j using TR1 gear (nominal 100mm cod-end mesh) to capture the summer haddock fishery. Trial 2 took place during the spring haddock fishery between 15th and 21st March 2016 in the northern area of VIIf/g/j, primarily Bideford and Ilfracombe fleets’ area of operation in the Bristol Channel for TR2 gear (nominal 80mm cod-end mesh). The FV *Our Olivia Belle, *a twin rig trawler based in Ilfracombe, was chartered for both trials. The vessel’s own standard commercial trawls were used for the trials, and, with the exception of the square mesh panel, both trawls in the twin rig were of identical construction. The trawl nets were swapped between port and starboard at regular intervals to minimise bias. MEDIN 3.1.1