Two participating vessels collected information on catches and biological data
including length data and otoliths from North Sea Saithe and Barents sea cod,
between March 2023 and February 2024. This work was carried out as part of the
Fisheries Industry Science Partnerships (FISP). This project was led by the
fishing industry, in partnership with Cefas. This project aimed to set up a
cost-effective continuous data collection programme for the industry to
collect robust biological scientific data on national fisheries that are not
covered by the current national sampling programmes, with the long-term aim to
feed into the ICES stock assessment. This project presented an opportunity to
engage the industry in the collection of biological samples from areas
logistically difficult to sample routinely. The data shown includes summary
catches of the target species (saithe and cod) in each trip and the length
collected for those species, in each haul.
