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 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 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.

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

scholarly journals Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): work package (2) final report WP2A: development and pilot deployment of a prototypic autonomous fisheries data harvesting system, and WP2B: investigation into the availability and adaptability of novel technological approaches to data collection

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ayers ◽  
G.P. Course ◽  
G.R. Pasco
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Fishing Effort ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Fishing Activity ◽  
Business Decisions ◽  
Fishing Vessels ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Data Deficient

[Extract from Executive Summary] To enhance sustainability and foster resilience within Scotland’s inshore fishing communities an effective system of collecting and sharing relevant data is required. To support business decisions made by vessel owners as well as informing fisheries managers and those involved in marine planning it will be vital to collect a range of information which will provide a robust understanding of fishing activity, the economic value of the sector and its importance within local communities. The SIFIDS Project was conceived to assist in attaining these goals by working alongside fishers to develop and test technology to automatically collect and collate data on board vessels, thereby reducing the reporting burden on fishers. The project built upon previous research funded through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and was designed to deliver a step change in the way that inshore fisheries in Scotland could be managed in cooperation with the industry. The project focussed on inshore fishing vessels around Scotland, where spatio-temporal information on the distribution of vessels and associated fishing effort is data deficient. The whole project was broken down into 12 highly integrated work packages. This is the integrated report for work packages 2A and 2B, entitled’ Development and Pilot Deployment of a Prototypic Autonomous Fisheries Data Harvesting System’ (2A) and ‘Investigation into the Availability and Adaptability of Novel Technological Approaches to Data Collection’ (2B).

scholarly journals Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS): Work package 1 final report: Review and optimisation of shellfish data collection strategies for Scottish inshore waters

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Mouat ◽  
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Mike Bergh ◽  
Richard Shelmerdine ◽  
Kobus Leach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
National Level ◽  
Data System ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Derived Data

[Extract from Executive Summary] The collection of additional data to facilitate fisheries management has been identified as a priority at the national level via the Scottish Inshore Fisheries Strategy, and at the local level in the management plans of Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups. Data collection implemented by industry offers a potentially cost effective means by which to provide additional information to enhance current stock assessment programmes, and to produce empirical indicators to inform fisheries management. The fundamental driver for data collection should be the purpose for which it is required; however, the regionalisation of fisheries management and increased, and often competing, demands, on our marine space mean that there are many potential uses for industry derived data. This report presents the findings of a single work package in the wider prototypic Scottish Inshore Fisheries Integrated Data System (SIFIDS) project; looking at ways in which inshore fisheries data collection can be improved on. The propose of this work package was to review and evaluate current inshore (shellfish) fisheries data collection and stock assessments in order to determine where it might be possible for industry derived data collection to provide a positive contribution. For the purposes of this work package the focus was limited to brown crab, lobsters, and scallops.

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 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.

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