Research

We commission and undertake a wide range of projects in support of our policy work towards realising a sustainable, viable and safe future for the industry. Our research projects fall into 4 main categories: managing regulatory change, evidencing fisheries, marine planning/marine protected areas and safety.

Safety

Updating Industry Guidance on Potting Rollers and Haulers (2011-12) Pot fisheries are one of the most dangerous types of fisheries […]

Marine Planning and Marine Protected Areas

UK Fishermen’s Information Mapping Project (UKFIM) (2012-13) Fish plotters are routinely used in the industry in order to plan and […]

Evidencing Fisheries

Fishing Industry E-log/VMS Data Pooling Specification (2016-2017) As part of the Seafish Strategic Investment Programme, a report was completed to […]

Managing Regulatory Change

Aligning Spurdog Management with the Landing Obligation under the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (2014-2015) For the last few years spurdog […]