scholarly journals Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): work package 7 final report engagement with inshore fisheries to promote and inform

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyla Orr ◽  
Ali McKnight ◽  
Kathryn Logan ◽  
Hannah Ladd-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Final Report ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Significant Extent ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Policy Compliance ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Voluntary Engagement ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Basis

[Extract from Executive Summary] This report documents Work Package 7 of the Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data Systems (SIFIDS) Project, which was designed to facilitate engagement with the key stakeholders including; inshore fishers, their representative bodies, Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups, Marine Scotland including Policy, Compliance and Science. The SIFIDS Project focused on 12 metre and under inshore fisheries vessels, of which around 1,500 are registered in Scotland including those that work part-time or seasonally. The facilitation team was set various targets for engagement based on the requirements of other work packages. The success of the overall project was dependent to a significant extent on securing voluntary engagement and input from working fishers. Previous experience has shown that having a dedicated project facilitation team is an extremely effective model for establishing the necessary trust to encourage industry-participation in projects such as this. The WP7 facilitation team comprised three individuals who have significant marine and fisheries related experience and wide-ranging skills in communications and stakeholder engagement. They worked together flexibly on a part-time basis, ensuring staffing cover over extended hours where required to match fishers’ availability and geographical coverage over Scotland.

scholarly journals Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): work package 4 final report assessment of socio-economic and cultural characteristics of Scottish inshore fisheries

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzannah-Lynn Billing ◽  
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Shannon Anderson ◽  
Andrew Parker ◽  
Martin Eichhorn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Data System ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Economic Relationships ◽  
Ethics Framework ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Ethical Approval

[Extract from Executive Summary] The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) has funded the ‘Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System’ (SIFIDS) project, which aims to integrate data collection and analysis for the Scottish inshore fishing industry. SIFIDS Work Package 4 was tasked with assessing the socio-economic and cultural characteristics of Scottish Inshore Fisheries. The aim was to develop replicable frameworks for collecting and analysing cultural data in combination with defining and analysing already available socio-economic datasets. An overview of the current available socio-economic data is presented and used to identify the data gaps. Primary socio-economic and cultural research was conducted to fill these gaps in order to capture complex cultural, social and economic relationships in a usable and useful manner. Some of the results from this Work Package will be incorporated into the platform that SIFIDS Work Package 6 is building. All primary research conducted within this work package followed the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Research Ethics Framework and was granted Ethical Approval by the UHI Research Ethics Committee under code ETH895.

scholarly journals Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): Work package (3) final report development of a novel, automated mechanism for the collection of scallop stock data

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Richards Bates ◽  
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Melanie Chocholek ◽  
Clive Fox ◽  
John Howe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Stock Assessment ◽  
Ground Truth ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Automated Processing ◽  
Acoustic Technologies

[Extract from Executive Summary] This project, aimed at the development of a novel, automated mechanism for the collection of scallop stock data was a sub-part of the Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data Systems (SIFIDS) project. The project reviewed the state-of-the-art remote sensing (geophysical and camera-based) technologies available from industry and compared these to inexpensive, off-the -shelf equipment. Sea trials were conducted on scallop dredge sites and also hand-dived scallop sites. Data was analysed manually, and tests conducted with automated processing methods. It was concluded that geophysical acoustic technologies cannot presently detect individual scallop but the remote sensing technologies can be used for broad scale habitat mapping of scallop harvest areas. Further, the techniques allow for monitoring these areas in terms of scallop dredging impact. Camera (video and still) imagery is effective for scallop count and provide data that compares favourably with diver-based ground truth information for recording scallop density. Deployment of cameras is possible through inexpensive drop-down camera frames which it is recommended be deployed on a wide area basis for further trials. In addition, implementation of a ‘citizen science’ approach to wide area recording is suggested to increase the stock assessment across the widest possible variety of seafloor types around Scotland. Armed with such data a full, statistical analysis could be completed and data used with automated processing routines for future long-term monitoring of stock.

scholarly journals Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): work package (8) final report WP8A: on-board observers, and WP8B: final report identifying fishing activities and their associated drivers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant P. Course ◽  
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Grant R. Pasco ◽  
Ashley Royston ◽  
Richard Ayers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Data System ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Commercial Fishing ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Fishing Vessels ◽  
Evidence Gathering ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Trained Observers

[Extract from Executive Summary] The Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS) project aims to build on the success of a previous project called “Evidence Gathering in Support of Sustainable Scottish Inshore Fisheries”, which utilised temporal and spatial data collected from commercial fishing vessels in cooperation with the fishing industry. The On-Board Observer work package (WP8A) aimed to collect the raw data that could be used by the other work packages (WPs) by sending observers to sea. SeaScope Fisheries Research Ltd was tasked with providing trained observers and a total of 131 volunteer vessels were recruited to the project by the Facilitators (WP7) and observers.

scholarly journals Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): work package 6 final report development of a pilot relational data resource for the collation and interpretation of inshore fisheries data

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander N. Tidd ◽  
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Richard A. Ayers ◽  
Grant P. Course ◽  
Guy R. Pasco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Storage ◽  
Electronic Monitoring ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Data Resource ◽  
Fishing Vessels ◽  
Fishing Fleets

[Extract from Executive Summary] The competition for space from competing sectors in the coastal waters of Scotland has never been greater and thus there is a growing a need for interactive seascape planning tools that encompass all marine activities. Similarly, the need to gather data to inform decision makers, especially in the fishing industry, has become essential to provide advice on the economic impact on fishing fleets both in terms of alternative conservation measures (e.g. effort limitations, temporal and spatial closures) as well as the overlap with other activities, thereby allowing stakeholders to derive a preferred option. The SIFIDS project was conceived to allow the different relevant data sources to be identified and to allow these data to be collated in one place, rather than as isolated data sets with multiple data owners. The online interactive tool developed as part of the project (Work Package 6) brought together relevant data sets and developed data storage facilities and a user interface to allow various types of user to view and interrogate the data. Some of these data sets were obtained as static layers which could sit as background data e.g. substrate type, UK fishing limits; whilst other data came directly from electronic monitoring systems developed as part of the SIFIDS project. The main non-static data source was Work Package 2, which was collecting data from a sample of volunteer inshore fishing vessels (<12m). This included data on location; time; vessel speed; count, time and position of deployment of strings of creels (or as fleets and pots as they are also known respectively); and a count of how many creels were hauled on these strings. The interactive online tool allowed all the above data to be collated in a specially designed database and displayed in near real time on the web-based application.

Student Learning and Growth Resulting from Service as an Intramural Official

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Schuh
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Final Report ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
Draft Report ◽  
Educational Mission ◽  
Intramural Sports ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Basis

Service as an intramural official is a common experience for many college students. This kind of experience is thought to contribute to the growth and development of college students since it involves them in a meaningful way in the life of the campus. Such involvement frequently is advocated in the literature as a means of providing for a more robust student experience, thereby improving persistence and retention for students as well as adding a richness to their experience. This study was undertaken to determine if service as an intramural official contributed to student growth and development. To date, research on this topic appears to be nonexistent. A qualitative study involving four sites was undertaken to learn more about how intramural officials evaluated their experiences. The sites included Drake University, Grinnel College, Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Student officials were interviewed at each site. A draft report was prepared, then reviewed by individuals who worked with the intramural programs at these institutions. After the reaction, a final report was prepared. The students found their experiences to be very important in their growth and development. While typically they began their work as officials for economic reasons or to stay close to sports, they reported that they developed a variety of skills from this experience, including improving their communication skills, becoming more self-confident and self-reliant, working better as a member of a team, and understanding how to handle difficult situations more effectively. For some, they decided to pursue officiating after graduation from college, either on a part-time basis or, in a few cases, in professional sports. While the results of qualitative studies generally are not transferable, the implications of this study for intramural supervisors are powerful. Experience as an intramural official, as famed by this study, can be used as a recruitment tool in the future since the experience appears to be so positive. This study also can be used to demonstrate how intramural sports programs contribute to the educational mission of the campus.

scholarly journals Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): work package 5 final report identifying fishing activities and their associated drivers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark James ◽  
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Tania Mendo ◽  
Hannah Ladd-Jones ◽  
Paddy McCann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Voluntary Reporting ◽  
Data Resource ◽  
Strategies For Change ◽  
Derived Data

[Extract from Executive Summary] The purpose of this Work Package was to: 1. Define fisher derived data collection parameters. 2. Identify and if possible, develop a quality assured system for the collection of fisher derived anecdotal and experiential information. 3. Develop an appropriate sampling design/method that could be streamed to a relational data resource. 4. Develop risk based management strategies. 5. Investigate applicable techniques/strategies for ‘change management’ regarding accurate voluntary reporting by the industry.

scholarly journals Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): work package 8B final report identifying fishing activities and their associated drivers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Mendo ◽  
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Sophie Smout ◽  
Johanna Ransijn ◽  
Ian Durbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Data ◽  
Data System ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Nephrops Norvegicus ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Fishing Activity ◽  
Cancer Pagurus

[Extract from Executive Summary] This Work Package (WP8B) of the SIFIDS project focused on vessels that are 12 m or under in length, use static gear (pots or creels), and primarily target lobsters (Homarus gammarus), crabs (Cancer pagurus and Necora puber), and prawns (Nephrops norvegicus). WP8B had two principal objectives: 1. Identify fishing activity profiles for static gear vessels in the inshore fleet prosecuting lobsters, crabs and nephrops. 2. Incorporate effort, biological data, socio-economic data, environmental data to understand fishing behaviour

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