CEFAS208d5047-484f-4ff8-be5b-944673c88791 English series series 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 2021-12-16T12:10:19 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Survival of discarded sole in inshore trawl fishery 2016/17 - Fisheries Science Partnership FSP Sole survival 2019-02-27 publication 2021-12-16 revision 2018-06-25 creation CEFAS19213 https://data.cefas.co.uk The objective of this project was to assess and estimate the survivability of sole caught in the Solent (ICES Subarea VIId) inshore otter trawl fishery. This project follows a previous study of the east coast (ICES Subarea IVc) inshore otter trawl fishery and was designed to improve the confidence in a fishery wide estimate of sole survival in inshore trawling. There is a strong perception from the fishing industry that sole has a high survival rate in this fishery and, where sole quotas are restricted, landing undersized sole could potentially risk a premature end to the fishing season. Under the landing obligation, all sole (*Solea solea*) catches must be landed unless an exemption, based on scientific evidence demonstrating high survival, is awarded. 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 annually Fish Biota abundance, biomass and diversity SeaDataNet P03 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 Adherance to the Cefas Data access policy required. Terms and conditions of OGL – Open Government Licence apply. `http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/`_ .. _`http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/`: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ English biota -2.00 -0.50 50.50 51.00 2016-08-02 2016-10-20 Binary Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/19213 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 This work was carried out as part of both the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) programme and the ASSIST project (Applied Science to Support the Industry in delivering an end to discards), two Defra-funded collaborative programmes of scientific research between the UK fishing industry and scientists. Article 15 of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Basic Regulation, which came into force on January 1st 2014, introduced a phased discard ban or landing obligation. The policy includes several exemptions and flexibility tools. One exemption from the landing obligation is described for *“**species for which scientific evidence demonstrates high survival rates, considering the characteristics of the gear, of the fishing practices and of the ecosystem**”.* To support any proposed exemption, scientific evidence for discard survival rates are required. MEDIN 3.1.1