Good Practice Case Studies

A Local net to plate selling Initiative

Under 10m fishermen Ashley sells her fresh catch to local fishmonger, Passion for Seafood, who...

• Industry Driven
• New Markets
• Net to Plate

Cameras on pots to assess crustacean abundance

Cameras are put on the inside and outside of crab and lobster creel pots to...

• Industry Driven
• Data Collection
• Collaboration
• Technology

Certification of the Cornish Hake Fishery

The Cornish Hake fishery in Newlyn was the first Hake fishery in the UK to...

• Gear Modifications
• Certification

Certification of the Poole Clam & Cockle Fishery

The Poole clam & Cockle is the first fishery in the world to be awarded...

• Co-management
• Certification
• Collaboration

Fishing For Litter

Working with Fishermen in the South West to clean marine litter out of the oceans,...

Free safety and risk assessment workshops

Clive Palfrey joined the Seafood Cornwall Training team to work with fishermen on all aspects...

• Risk assessment
• Bui

Hook to Plate Traceability

The South West Handline Fishermen’s Association represents over 100 hand line fishermen in the south...

• Industry Driven
• Traceability
• Tagging scheme

Industry-led Science

Hand-dive scallop fishery, Orkney

Inshore Potting Agreement (IPA)

Crustacean

• Industry Driven
• Conflict Resolution
• Co-management

Inshore Vessel Monitoring Scheme in Lyme Bay

Lyme bay fisheries and conservation reserve, east Devon – west Dorset

• Co-management
• Data Collection

Lockdown Lobsters

Lockdown Lobsters started in March 2020 with a simple mission to help a fisherman, Sion,...

• Collaboration
• New Markets

Marine animal disentanglement

Addressing marine animal entanglement issues through awareness and disentanglement training workshops for fishermen in Scotland

• Workshops
• Disentanglement
• Collaboration