Discarding of cod in the Danish Fully Documented Fisheries trials

Clara Ulrich; Hans Jakob Olesen; Heirikur Bergsson; Josefine Egekvist; Kirsten Birch Håkansson; Jørgen Dalskov; Lotte Kindt-Larsen; Marie Storr-Paulsen

doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsv028

Discarding of cod in the Danish Fully Documented Fisheries trials

Clara Ulrich^*, Hans Jakob Olesen, Heirikur Bergsson, Josefine Egekvist, Kirsten Birch Håkansson, Jørgen Dalskov, Lotte Kindt-Larsen, Marie Storr-Paulsen

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Abstract

Denmark was the first nation in Europe to promote the use of Fully Documented Fisheries (FDF) through Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) and CCTV camera systems, with pilot schemes in place since 2008. In theory, such a scheme could supplement and even potentially replace expensive control and monitoring programmes; and when associated with a catch quota management (CQM) system, incentivize positive changes in fishing patterns in a results-based management approach. New data flows are, however, required to ensure the practical implementation of such a scheme. This paper reviews the quality of the FDF data collected during 2008-2014 and their potential in strengthening information on cod discards. The analyses demonstrate the improved reporting of discards in logbooks and overall discard reductions, but they also show that some uncertainties around the absolute estimates of discard quantities have remained. Regular validation of weight estimation methods and close collaboration between scientific monitoring and control are important to support the use of reported discards as a reliable source of information. We discuss the potential of electronic monitoring in the context of the EU landing obligation.

Original language	English
Journal	ICES Journal of Marine Science
Volume	72
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	1848-1860
Number of pages	13
ISSN	1054-3139
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv028
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2015

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catch quota management
data collection
discard
electronic monitoring
Fully Documented Fisheries
landing obligation
North Sea cod

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