Aligning Spurdog Zero Quota Species 2014/15 - Fisheries Science Partnership dataset https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=009_CEFASe842856e-a6f8-4301-9bee-d386d4521e02 The overall objective of this FSP project was to seek regional, national and European stakeholder involvement in the proposal for a UK pilot project to develop a real-time Spurdog By-catch Avoidance Programme to mitigate a ‘choke’ species and so minimise fishing induced mortality. The targeted stakeholders included the Devolved Administrations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, members of the North-west Waters and North Sea Advisory Council’s, fisheries organisations (NFFO, CFPO), fishermen and NGO’s (e.g. Shark Trust, Client Earth). 20170213 20170213