Hastings fleet Dover sole (trammel net)

Certified as sustainable in September 2005.

Summary

Species: Dover Sole (Solea solea)
Location: Within the Eastern English Channel, specifically between Beachy Head and Dungeness and offshore to the 6 mile limit
Fishing methods: Trammel net
Vessels: Fishery is undertaken by boats under 10 metres launched from the beach at Hastings - 'Stade-launched boats'
Number of fisheries: 1

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More about Dover sole

Dover sole has a preference for relatively shallow water with sand or mud covering the bottom. As temperatures fall in the autumn and winter they migrate out into deeper, warmer water. They have small eyes close to each other on the right-hand side of the body. This enables the fish to lurk half-buried in the sand and watch for passing prey.

More about the fishing methods

The nets are 1.2-1.5 metres deep and 45-55 metres long. They consist of three walls of nets in which a monofilament or multi-mono filament fine-mesh net is sandwiched in between two outer walls of large-meshed netting. Fish pass through the outer mesh and become tangled in the inner mesh.

Fishery tonnage

72 tonnes