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| Northeast Atlantic Bottom trawl blue ling fishery - Hatton and Rockall Banks |
 | Bottom trawl fishery for blue ling - Hatton and Rockall Banks |
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more>> <<less Overview: There is an important bottom trawl fishery harvesting blue ling undertaken by Faroese and French trawlers. Faroese otterboard trawlers target this species mainly during the spawning season and primarily in their EEZ, and the French trawlers catch blue ling as a bycatch of the fishery for roundnose grenadier, black scabbardfish and deep-sea sharks. The major catches of blue ling by the Faroese and French fleets take place within national jurisdictions, in ICES Areas Vb and VIa, respectively, but some fishing also occurs in international waters (ICES Areas VIb1 or Vb1a in the north of Rockall Bank on the southern slope of the Lousy Bank).
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Fishing Activity Fishery Area Geo References  | FAO Fishing Statistical Divisions | 27.5.b - Faroes Grounds (Division 27.5.b) | | 27.6.a - Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland or as the West of Scotland (Division 27.6.a) | | FAO Fishing Statistical Subdivisions | 27.6.b.1 - Rockall - Part of NEAFC area I (Subdivision 27.6.b.1) | | 27.6.b.1 - Rockall - Part of NEAFC area I (Subdivision 27.6.b.1) |
More Geo References The following area codes have been found as intersecting the location of Northeast Atlantic Bottom trawl blue ling fishery - Hatton and Rockall Banks| FAO Major Fishing Areas | 27 - Atlantic, Northeast | | Large Marine Ecosystem Areas (LME) | 21 - Norwegian Shelf | | 22 - North Sea | | 24 - Celtic-Biscay Shelf | | 60 - Faroe Plateau |
Associated Species (Bycatch) Elasmobranchii FAO Names : en - Sharks, rays, skates, etc. nei, fr - Requins, raies, etc. nca, es - Tiburones, rayas, etc. nep, ru - Пластиножаберные (акулы, скаты) Vessel Type TrawlersFlag State  France  Faroe Islands List of fishery Indicators Fishery Indicators | Type | Measure | Value | Unit | Time period |
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| Production | Catch | 6107 | tonnes | 2004 | | Catch | 5470 | tonnes | 2005 | | Catch | 5482 | tonnes | 2006 |
Management Jurisdictional framework 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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