Scottish Pelagic Industry Self-Sampling Programme

Scottish pelagic fishermen collect length and weight data on pelagic stocks from their hauls to improve fisheries data collection, feed into ICES stock assessment and inform how fisheries are managed

“Fishing skippers tend to keep diaries detailing where and when they fished and what they caught. This is currently unearthed data, and the knowledge it contains on changes in pelagic stocks and fisheries is likely to be useful for fishermen and scientists alike. It will complement contemporary data collected under the self-sampling programme and provide fishermen with means to bring their data to life so they can better track and interpret changes in catching patterns. Having a long history of data from across the fleet will be scientifically valuable to research on changes in the North Atlantic pelagic ecosystem.”

Dr Steven Mackinson, SPFA

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