England and Wales

Zooplankton and zoobenthos morphological parameters; Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance; Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts; Fish and shellfish catch statistics

Rock dredges

This work is being carried out to provide information on: the effectiveness of parlour pots; pot selectivity in Norfolk creels and parlour pots; pots fitted with escape gaps; lobsters as a bycatch of trawlers; and the effect of potash waste from the Boulby outfall pipe on catch rates. The following information is available: 1. Parlour pots (1978): catch rates and length distributions of lobsters and crabs from East coast creels and Yorkshire parlour pots. 2. Pot selectivity (1984 to 1986): catch rates and length distributions of lobsters and crabs off Norfolk and Yorkshire from Norfolk creels and Yorkshire parlour pots. 3. Escape gaps (1977 to 1994): catch rates and length distributions of lobsters and crabs in laboratory tanks and off Norfolk from creels fitted with escape gaps of a range of shapes and sizes, off Yorkshire from parlour pots fitted with escape gaps of a range of sizes and off Sussex from inkwell pots fitted with an escape gap. 4. Bycatch (1987 to 1990): commercial fishing trip from Whitby fishing the North Yorkshire coast and monthly charter trips during the winter fishing the area of the Bridlington inshore lobster fishery.

Lovewell, S.R.J., Howard, A.E. and Bennett, D.B. (1979) The efficiency of parlour pots for catching crabs and lobsters., ICES C.M. 1979/K:13, 5pp.; Addison, J.T. and Lovewell, S.R.J. (1991) Size composition and pot selectivity in the lobster (Homarus gammarus (L.) and crab (Cancer pagurus (L.)). Fisheries on the east coast of England., ICES Journal of Marine Science 48: 79-90.; Lovewell, S.R.J. and Addison, J.T. (1989) Escape gap experiments in a lobster and crab fishery off the East of England., ICES C.M. 1989/K : 29, 13pp.; Lovewell, S.R.J. (1991) Observations on the by-catch of lobsters (Homarus gammarus (L.)) by trawlers off the Yorkshire Coast, England., ICES C.M. 1991/K: 19.

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