2011 - 2011 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Cuttlefish Diversification (Inshore) 2011/12 - Fisheries Science Partnership

To explore gear configurations that could improve selectivity in the current fishery and collect information on the catches, including associated species caught, that would help inform managers on management of the resource in future. The survey was carried out over 10 days during November 2011, sailing out of Plymouth. The area of operation for the survey was ICES Area VIIe off the South Devon coast The survey was carried out on board the FV Ocean Spirit (Figure 2), a steel-hulled trawler of 11.95 m registered length with a 220 kW engine.本研究旨在探索可提升当前渔业捕捞选择性的渔具配置方案，并收集包括兼捕物种在内的渔获物相关信息，为管理者后续开展渔业资源管理工作提供参考依据。本次调查于2011年11月开展，为期10天，作业船舶从普利茅斯起航。调查作业区域为南德文海岸外的国际海洋考察理事会（ICES）第七e区（ICES Area VIIe）。本次调查使用“FV Ocean Spirit”号作业船（图2），该船为钢制船体拖网渔船，登记长度11.95米，配备220千瓦发动机。