Fisheries Area Closures (Juvenile and Real Time)

This dataset provides the spatial extent of Real time closures (RTC) and Juvenile closures from April 2010 to December 2016. The purpose of RTCs was to ensure sufficient efforts were made to reduce cod mortality. Closures were selected from those areas with the highest cod catch rate (per hour), based on data from historical landings per unit effort (LPUE) over the previous 4 years. In September 2009 the European Community and Norway agreed to implement an RTC scheme in the North Sea and Skagerrak for the protection of juvenile cod, haddock, whiting and saithe. The Juvenile closures scheme is independent of the UK RTC scheme in place for cod. Incursions are enforced directly through the European legislation (Commission Regulation 724/2009). For the purposes of completeness the Juvenile closures have been included in this dataset. Juvenile closures are still in place. There will be no Real time closures in 2017, however an improved scheme may be introduced at a later date.

本数据集提供了自2010年4月至2016年12月期间实时关闭（RTC）和幼年关闭的空间范围。实时关闭的目的在于确保采取充分措施以降低鳕鱼死亡率。关闭区域的选择基于过去四年内单位努力历史着陆量（LPUE）最高的区域，即每小时的鳕鱼捕获率最高的区域。2009年9月，欧洲共同体与挪威达成协议，同意在北海和斯卡格拉克实施实时关闭方案，以保护幼年鳕鱼、鲽鱼、鲭鱼和鲱鱼。幼年关闭方案与针对鳕鱼的英国实时关闭方案相互独立。入侵行为直接通过欧洲立法（委员会条例724/2009）进行执法。为了完整性考虑，幼年关闭也包含在本数据集中。目前幼年关闭方案仍然实施中。2017年将不会实施实时关闭，但可能在稍后引入改进方案。