Atlas of Demersal Discarding

Demersal discards atlas provides information on discarding patterns by species and area by the various Irish demersal fleets. A number of potential technical measures to reduce discards are shown as well as two case studies showing the potential impact technical measures have on landings and discards. This Atlas represents a first attempt at auditing Irish fisheries and proposes some options to mitigate discards. It should be emphasised that discarding occurs in all international fleets operating in the waters around Ireland and that mitigation measures must be applied to all these fleets if we are to implement a successful discard reduction policy. Demersal discards in marine waters around Ireland include North Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea and Irish Sea. The data has been collected between 1995 and 2009. The demersal catch sampling programme conducted by the Marine Institute (MI) was carried out using a combination of port based and at sea sampling methods. Previous programmes have been carried out since the early 1960’s, but the focus was on port sampling only (i.e. landings). The combined port and sea based sampling programme (catch) commenced in 1993 and has one of the longest time series of discard data in Europe. The purpose of this Atlas was to present the scientific observations on discarding by the Irish Demersal fleet. Data collection and interpretation undertaken jointly by the Marine Institute (MI) and Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM). Data is considered a complete discards review for the time period covered.
 
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(2009) . Atlas of Demersal Discarding. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8c910ed0-56fb-4326-b1a3-eabbc7b85b27

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Alternate title
Atlas of Demersal Discarding Ireland 1995-2009
Date ( Creation )
1995-01-01T00:00:00
Date ( Publication )
2009-12-31T00:00:00
Date ( Revision )
2017-12-12T00:00:00
Identifier
INSPIRE UUID / SD.IE.MI.AtlasDemersalDiscarding / 1.0
Purpose
The purpose of this Atlas is to present the scientific observations on discarding by the Irish Demersal fleet. These scientific observations will inform debate on how to significantly reduce discards in Ireland’s demersal fisheries. However, discarding occurs in all EU fleets. It is critical that the EU develop a European Discard Atlas in order to understand the extent of the problem and therefore introduce appropriate mitigation measures.
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Completed

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GemetInspireTheme ( Theme )
  • Species distribution
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Discipline )
  • biology, life science
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Theme )
  • fish, fish stock, fishing, fishing ground, fisheries management, fishery resource
World Register of Marine Species WoRMS ( Theme )
  • haddock, whiting, european plaice, hake, Nephrops, Black Sole, Saithe, whiting, witch, Blue whiting, Boarfish, Scad, Grey Gurnard, Dab, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, discards, discarding
British Oceanographic Data Centre - IHB Sea Areas ( Place )
  • Atlanctic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, North-East Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea, Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Stratum )
  • hydrosphere
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Metadata language
English
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Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Supplemental Information
Pdf Atlas report.
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EPSG URI / https://epsg.io/4326

 

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EPSG
Date ( Publication )
2009-11-25

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  • Adobe PDF, Shapefile (v7, v10 )

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Alternate title
INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
Date ( Publication )
2013-12-10
Explanation
The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
Pass
false

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INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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false
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Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication. Neither the Marine Institute or BIM accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned, or claimed to have been occasioned, in part or in full as a consequence of any person acting or refraining from acting, as a result of a matter contained in this publication.

All or part of this publication may be reproduced without further permission, provided the source is acknowledged.

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Date stamp
2018-01-25T15:25:15
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Metadata standard version
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