Scoping Industry Approaches to Fully Documented Fisheries 2012/13

The Fisheries Science Partnership study explores different approaches to fully documenting fisheries catch, as required by the proposed Common Fisheries Policy reform. The project aimed to establish data requirements, evaluate collection mechanisms like Remote Electronic Monitoring and observers, and assess the suitability of different approaches for various fishery types. The dataset originates from the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Compare the effectiveness of Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) versus human observers for catch verification based on the study's objectives.
• Identify practical considerations and industry incentives for implementing Fully Documented Fisheries (FDFs) based on the project's exploration.
• Assess which fishery characteristics might benefit from specific FDF approaches based on the study's fourth objective.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific policy context: the proposed reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy.
• Examines multiple documented approaches: REM, observers, self-sampling, and self-reporting reference fleets.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Study conducted by the Fisheries Science Partnership.

Time Range

2012/13

Freshness

Data is associated with a 2012/13 study; current relevance may be limited.

Geography

European Union fisheries