Mike Hardy (Northumberland SFC) – Northumberland SFC pot limitation scheme (2009)

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The Northumberland SFC The Northumberland SFC Pot Limitation Scheme Pot Limitation Scheme Michael Hardy Michael Hardy Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee SAGB 26 May 2010 SAGB 26 May 2010

Transcript of Mike Hardy (Northumberland SFC) – Northumberland SFC pot limitation scheme (2009)

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The Northumberland SFC The Northumberland SFC Pot Limitation Scheme Pot Limitation Scheme

Michael HardyMichael Hardy

Northumberland Sea Fisheries CommitteeNorthumberland Sea Fisheries Committee

SAGB 26 May 2010 SAGB 26 May 2010

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Crown Copyright and database right 2008. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100022021  

The Northumberland Coastline

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Fishing Methods Fishing Methods

Early type of Northumberland Single Eyed Pot

Traditional Northumberland Traditional Northumberland Coble Coble

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Modern Fishing Methods Modern Fishing Methods

Multi eyed Parlour Pot Multi eyed Parlour Pot (factory made )(factory made )

New style potting vesselNew style potting vessel

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THE NORTHUMBERLAND SEA FISHERIES COMMITTEETHE NORTHUMBERLAND SEA FISHERIES COMMITTEE

Byelaw 15Byelaw 151.1. No person holding a permit (hereinafter called “a permit”) as referred to No person holding a permit (hereinafter called “a permit”) as referred to

in Committee byelaw 13 shall fish (including from a vessel) for any fish in Committee byelaw 13 shall fish (including from a vessel) for any fish or shellfish (as referred to in the said committee byelaw 13) with more or shellfish (as referred to in the said committee byelaw 13) with more than 800 pots, creels, traps and cages within the Committee district.than 800 pots, creels, traps and cages within the Committee district.

2.2. No person holding a permit shall fish with any pots, creels, traps and No person holding a permit shall fish with any pots, creels, traps and cages without affixing thereto a yellow tag with a serial number issued cages without affixing thereto a yellow tag with a serial number issued by the Chief Executive to the Committee from the Committee office and by the Chief Executive to the Committee from the Committee office and no such person shall receive more than 800 tags.no such person shall receive more than 800 tags.

3.3. Any vessel or person using 5 pots or fewer (in accordance with Any vessel or person using 5 pots or fewer (in accordance with Committee byelaw 13) may not fish without affixing thereto a white tag Committee byelaw 13) may not fish without affixing thereto a white tag with a serial number issued by the Chief Executive from the Committee with a serial number issued by the Chief Executive from the Committee office.office.

4.4. Any person losing more than 10% of yellow tags or more than 2 white Any person losing more than 10% of yellow tags or more than 2 white tags shall write to the Committee within 21 days explaining the loss and tags shall write to the Committee within 21 days explaining the loss and notifying the committee of the tag numbers lost and the cost of notifying the committee of the tag numbers lost and the cost of replacement tags will be paid by the owner thereof.replacement tags will be paid by the owner thereof.

5.5. No person shall haul any other vessel’s or person’s pot, creel, trap or No person shall haul any other vessel’s or person’s pot, creel, trap or cage without firstly obtaining the agreement of the Committee.cage without firstly obtaining the agreement of the Committee.

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Permit and tags Permit and tags

•Yellow Tags Yellow Tags (Permit Holder)(Permit Holder)

•White Tags White Tags (Part-time/hobby)(Part-time/hobby)

•Permit issued by NSFCPermit issued by NSFC

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St Oswald hauling and checking St Oswald hauling and checking marker dahns and potsmarker dahns and pots

Fishery Officer hauling pots from St. Fishery Officer hauling pots from St. Oswald, the Northumberland Sea Oswald, the Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee Patrol Vessel. Fisheries Committee Patrol Vessel.

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Hauling of pots Hauling of pots

Part-time/hobby fishermen Part-time/hobby fishermen hauling pots by handhauling pots by hand

Fishery Officers on sea patrol Fishery Officers on sea patrol using shore based RIB Bravo using shore based RIB Bravo

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To date To date

•120 Fishermen have permits from NSFC 120 Fishermen have permits from NSFC

•Approximately 26 of these fishermen don’t work pots at the Approximately 26 of these fishermen don’t work pots at the present time present time

•Approximately 250 hobby/unlicensed fishermen have collected Approximately 250 hobby/unlicensed fishermen have collected their tagstheir tags

•Since being introduced on 1 June 2009 NSFC has removed in Since being introduced on 1 June 2009 NSFC has removed in excess of 100 untagged pots in its district excess of 100 untagged pots in its district

•At the height of the season currently there are approximately At the height of the season currently there are approximately 38,000 pots in the sea fished by full-time fishermen 38,000 pots in the sea fished by full-time fishermen