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Northeast Atlantic Deep-sea bottom trawl fishery - Hatton and Rockall Banks

Fishery Fact Sheet

Worldwide review of bottom fisheries in the high seas 2009

Northeast Atlantic Deep-sea bottom trawl fishery - Hatton and Rockall Banks

Multispecies deep-sea bottom trawl fishery - Hatton and Rockall Banks

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Overview: A multispecies deep-sea bottom trawl fishery has been conducted for many years on the slopes of the Hatton and Rockall Banks. This fishery is dominated by the Spanish freezer trawl fleet, fishing mainly on the western part of the Hatton Bank, with increased effort on Baird’s slickhead in recent years.

Location of Northeast Atlantic Deep-sea bottom trawl fishery - Hatton and Rockall Banks

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Geographic reference: Northeast Atlantic
Spatial Scale: Regional
Reference year: 2006

Approach: Fishing Activity

Fishing Activity
Fishing Gear: Bottom trawls
Fishery Area: Western Hatton …; Rockall - Part …

Harvested Resource
Target Species: Roundnose grenadier; Baird's slickhead; Black scabbardfish …

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Associated Species: Blue ling; Greater forkbeard

Means of Production
Vessel Type: Trawlers

Fishery Indicators
Nominal Effort: Number of vessels

Table of Contents

Overview - Fishing Activity - Management - Source of Information

Fishing Activity

Fishery Area

Depth zone: Slope - Deepslope (500 m - 1000 m).

Geo References

Resources Exploited

Black Scabbardfish - Northeast Atlantic
Roundnose grenadier - Rockall, West of Scotland, Irish and Celtic seas, Porcupine Bank, English and Bristol Channels, Faroes grounds and Western Hatton Bank
Portuguese dogfish and Leafscale gulper shark - Northeast Atlantic
Orange roughy - Northeast Atlantic

Target Species

Coryphaenoides rupestris

FAO Names : en - Roundnose grenadier, fr - Grenadier de roche, es - Granadero de roca, ru - Макрурус тупорылый

Alepocephalus bairdii

FAO Names : en - Baird's slickhead, fr - Alépocéphale de Baird, es - Talismán celindra, ru - Плешан

Aphanopus carbo

FAO Names : en - Black scabbardfish, fr - Sabre noir, es - Sable negro, zh - 黑等鳍叉尾带鱼, ru - Рыба-сабля угольная

Centrophorus squamosus

FAO Names : en - Leafscale gulper shark, fr - Squale-chagrin de l'Atlantique, es - Quelvacho negro

Centroscymnus coelolepis

FAO Names : en - Portuguese dogfish, fr - Pailona commun, es - Pailona, ar - كلب البحر برتغالي شائع, zh - 腔鳞荆鲨, ru - Акула португальская

Hoplostethus atlanticus

FAO Names : en - Orange roughy, fr - Hoplostète orange, es - Reloj anaranjado, ru - Большеголов атлантический (=берикс исландский)

Associated Species (Bycatch)

Molva dypterygia

FAO Names : en - Blue ling, fr - Lingue bleue, es - Maruca azul, ru - Мольва голубая (=биркеланга)

Phycis blennoides

FAO Names : en - Greater forkbeard, fr - Phycis de fond, es - Brótola de fango, ru - Налим нитеперый большеглазый

Vessel Type

Trawlers

Flag State

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Lithuania

Estonia

Russian Federation

Fishing Gear

Bottom trawls

List of fishery Indicators

Fishery Indicators

Type	Measure	Value	Unit	Time period
Nominal Effort	Number of vessels	49 (26 ESP; 21GBR; 1EST; 1POL)	vessels	2003
	Number of vessels	42 (26ESP; 2RUS; 12GBR; 1POL; 1EST)	vessels	2004
	Number of vessels	23 (11FRA; 8GBR; 2RUS; 1EST; 1POL)	vessels	2005
	Number of vessels	35 (29ESP; 4GBR; 1LTU; 1EST)	vessels	2006

Management

Jurisdictional framework

Management Body/Authority(ies): North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)

Area of Competence: NEAFC Convention Area

Maritime Area: High seas.

Source of Information

Bensch, A.; Gianni, M.; Gréboval, D.; Sanders, J.S.; Hjort, A. - Worldwide review of bottom fisheries in the high seas. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 522, Rev.1. Rome, FAO. 2009. 145p.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1116e/i1116e00.htm

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