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Fishery: West Greenland Coldwater Prawn Trawl Fishery (Pandalus borealis)
Status:
The certification body, Moody Marine Ltd, has announced that the West Greenland Coldwater Prawn Trawl Fishery has entered full assessment. Initially Moody Marine seeks to open a dialogue with all organisations or individuals with a direct interest in the fishery.
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 Paul Knapman.
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.
Please refer to the downloads section for further details.
Last updated: 26 February 2008
Location:
West Greenland (NAFO sub-areas 1A-F and 0B)
Fishing Method:
Otter Trawls
Management:
The fishery is managed under the Greenland Fishery Act through a series of regulations. These include the use of:
- Fishing licences
- Fleet quotas
- Access restrictions
- Bycatch restrictions
- Control measures, including logbooks, landing declarations, VMS, an observer programme and hailing in procedures
- Technical conservation measure, e.g. minimum mesh size.
Enforcement and surveillance is principally carried out by the Control unit of the Directorate of Fisheries (Greenland Fisheries Licence Control). These enforce regulation, track vessels and landing reporting and control the observer programme.
Observers are present on sailings of 60% of the offshore fleet and inshore fleet with processing facilities on-board and 10% of the inshore fleet without processing facilities. All catches of the inshore fleet is landed in Greenland.
Policing is carried out by the Control Unit and through at-sea inspections by (Danish) naval vessels. Vessels are inspected at sea around 2-3 times per year.
Since 2004 the TAC for the entire fishery has been set at 130,000 tonnes.
Main Commercial market:
All coldwater prawn product is exported. Product for domestic consumption is re-imported from Denmark.
Assessment process:
The assessment process is expected to take 12 - 14 months. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.
Client:
Kalaallit Nunaanni Sulisitsisut Peqatigiiffiat / Grønlands Arbejdsgiverforening / Greenland Employers' Association
Jens Kreutzmannip Aqqutaa 3
Postboks 73 - DK 3900 Nuuk
Contact: Jens K Lyberth
Tel: +299 32 15 00
Fax: +299 32 43 40
Email: jens.k@ga.gl
Certification body:
Paul Knapman
Moody Marine Ltd
Moody International Certification
28 Fleming Drive
Halifax
Nova Scotia
B3P1A9
CANADA
Tel/Fax: +1 902 489 5581
Email: p.knapman@moodyint.com
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