2014 - 2015 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Aligning Spurdog Zero Quota Species 2014/15 - Fisheries Science Partnership

The overall objective of this FSP project was to seek regional, national and European stakeholder involvement in the proposal for a UK pilot project to develop a real-time Spurdog By-catch Avoidance Programme to mitigate a ‘choke’ species and so minimise fishing induced mortality. The targeted stakeholders included the Devolved Administrations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, members of the North-west Waters and North Sea Advisory Council’s, fisheries organisations (NFFO, CFPO), fishermen and NGO’s (e.g. Shark Trust, Client Earth).