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Fishery: Southern North Sea Nephrops Fisheries (Nephrops norvegicus) (2 fisheries)
Status:
The certification body, Moody Marine Ltd, has announced that the Southern North Sea Nephrops Fisheries have entered full assessment. Initially Moody Marine seeks to open a dialogue with all organisations or individuals with a direct interest in the fisheries.
Anyone wishing to provide comments or information to the assessment process (relevant to the status of the stock, ecosystem interactions or fishery management practices) is invited to contact Dr Andrew Hough.
Moody Marine are also in the process of assembling an assessment team of individuals with experience of stock assessment, ecosystem interactions and fishery management appropriate to this fisheries. Any nominations of suitable individuals are welcomed.
As these fisheries overlap with the SWFPA North Sea Nephrops Fishery assessments already underway, the outcome of these other assessments will be considered here, with harmonisation between assessments wherever necessary.
Please refer to the downloads section for further details.
Last updated: 08 February 2008
Location:
North Sea, ICES Subarea IVbc, Functional Area 5: Botney Gut-Silver Pit area and Functional Area 6: Farne Deeps
Fishing Method:
Demersal Trawl
Management:
The overall management of the Nephrops fisheries is determined by the EC Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), which sets out technical measures and quotas for the fisheries. The CFP is implemented by Member States. The UK’s Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) implements measures in England.
The North Sea Nephrops fisheries span several ICES Management Areas. The Management Areas relevant to this assessment is Management Areas H, Functional Area 5: Botney Gut-Silver Pit area and Function Area 6: Farne Deeps. ICES currently considers the level of exploitation on the Botney Gut – Silver Pit stock to be sustainable, but with a number of uncertainties. Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Botney Gut area is 1,100 MT. ICES have advised no increase in fishing effort in the area.
The Farne Deeps stock is considered to be exploited at a sustainable level, but that catch and effort should not increase. Landings in the Farne deeps are expected to be around 4,000 MT.
Main Commercial market:
Main markets would be UK domestic and possibly other EU markets.
Assessment process:
The assessment process is expected to take 12 months. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.
Client:
Whitby Seafoods Ltd
Edward Whittle
Fairfield Way
Whitby
North Yorkshire. YO22 4PU
Telephone: 01947 606101
Fax: 01947 820589
edward.whittle@whitby-seafoods.com
Certification body:
Dr Andrew Hough
Moody Marine Ltd
Merlin House
Stanier Way
Wyvern Business Park
Derby DE21 6BF
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1332 544663
Fax: +44 (0) 1332 675020
E: a.hough@moodyint.com
W: www.moodyint.com |
