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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Exploring the potential to record species specific monkfish 2019/20 - Fisheries Science Partnership</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=009_CEFASdfec8d93-9eaa-4cee-a98c-1a62e480155b</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">This work was carried out as part of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) 
programme. Commercial landings of monkfish into UK ports consist of the two 
species, *Lophius piscatorius* and *Lophius budegassa*, mixed together. 
As there is no EU or UK requirement to report, land, or market the two species 
separately, this places a limit on the quantity of data that can be generated 
on catch distributions and size composition for the individual species, with 
the result that stock assessments are weakened, and management advice for 
monkfish issued by ICES is precautionary. This project looked at the 
possibility of introducing changes to normal working practices of the fishing 
industry in SW England that would improve the data available for the 
individual species.

As part of completing electronic logbooks participating vessels recorded the 
total weight of monkfish caught on a daily basis together with ICES Rectangle 
fished.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20201201 20201116</dc:date>
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