Organisations

Question 0

What is MSY?

Answer 0

Maximum Sustainable Yield - predicts the maximum number of fish that can be caught without damaging the long term stock

Question 1

What does ICES stand for and what do they do?

Answer 1

International Council for the Exploitation of the Seas. They survey fishing activity, advise the EU on all quotas and look into strategies and discards.

Question 2

Cefas?

Answer 2

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science. They run research vessels, are statutory consultees (must be consulted with all fishing science changes) and supply fish tags.

Question 3

CPRS

Answer 3

Continuous Plankton Recordance Surveys - estimate survivorship and recruitment

Question 4

TAC

Answer 4

Total Allowable Catch - a quota set in place to monitor fish stocks which are likely to be overfished

Question 5

IBTS

Answer 5

International Bottom Trawl Survey which is run by ICES in the North Sea. It integrates all data collected by all nations

Question 6

STECF

Answer 6

Scientific, Technical and Economical Committee for Fisheries. They gather data regarding fisheries and their governing bodies for ICES

Question 7

JNCC

Answer 7

Joint Nature Conservation Committee. UK scientific advisors who decide on steps to move towards using EBA’s

Question 8

IFCA

Answer 8

Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities. They monitor water up to 6nm from the coast and are allowed to over ride decisions from other countries. mainly boats under 10m and potting, crustaceans and gill net fishing

Question 9

MMO

Answer 9

Marine Management Organisation. Monitor water from 6-200nm and control all legislation and fishing activity

Question 10

RFMO

Answer 10

Regional Fishery Management Organisation. They manage stocks laid out by the FAO such as ICCAP

Question 11

FAO

Answer 11

UN Food and Agriculture Organisation

Question 12

ICCAT

Answer 12

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas