The drift and fixed nets fishing fleet is much smaller in terms of total catches than the bottom trawl or the industrial trawl. This method of fishing allows targeting the desired species and size, with reduced by-catch and discard, so this fleet has a lower ecosystem impact compared to the trawl fleets. Drift nets are deployed in the current and are allowed to float freely, while fixed nets are anchored to the sea bottom.
Source of image: Fishing fleets poster created for NorthSEE project, accessible at MSP Challenge community website.
Drift and Fixed Nets Catch is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer following this fleet's fishing catch calculated by the ecosystem simulation. This fleet doesn't fish in areas that are protected against drift and fixed nets.
A plan can also include a change in the fishing efforts for this fleet per EEZ. Activate the Fishing controls by ticking the appropriate checkbox under section 2b in the Plan Wizard. Subsequently change the Fishing effort sliders under the Fishing tab of the Plan Details (maximize the Plans Monitor and select your plan).
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In the North Sea, the Drift and Fixed Nets fleet catches numerous of the larger species, including:
The drift and fixed nets catch data layer comes from the EwE simplified North Sea model based on Mackinson and Daskalov 2007 and ICES WGSAM 2015 Keyrun. Ecospace based on Romagnoni et al 2015. The model was adjusted for use in the MSP Challenge by Giovanni Romagnoni.
Drift and fixed nets catch.
Includes fixed and drift nets.
Not applicable.
This layer is not available in the Baltic Sea Edition.
This layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.
This layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.
This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Co-funded by the European Union.