Captures accidentelles de mammifères marins sur les filets calés en Manche : Observations réalisées dans le cadre de la première année de réalisation du projet FilManCet (Novembre 2008- Octobre 2009) (original) (raw)

Observations réalisées dans le cadre de la première année de réalisation du projet FilManCet (Novembre Bycatch of marine mammals in set nets of English Channel (VIIe,d) : first year results issued from observations at sea made through the French project FilManCet Abstract Up to now there has been no strong investigation on bycatch of marine mammals in the French set net fisheries of the English Channel (ICES areas VIIe,d &IVc) as the EC 812/2004 regulation does not oblige the state members to put observers on board of vessels in the ICES area VII. A study named FilManCet has been started end 2008-beginning 2009 to focus on the bycatch occurring on the set net vessels issued from Boulogne and Dunkerque ports (fisheries in VIId&IVc) and from the ports of North of Brittany. In this study which is conducted by the Fishing Industry, the data are made available to the scientists of Ifremer who has prepared also the sampling scheme for observation at sea. Two observers are employed full time in the North of France coasts by the non-governmental organisation OCEAMM and four observers are employed by the company SINAY. The observation program is carried on for 2 two years At the end of October 2009, a total of 358 fishing days were observed (74 fishing days in area VIId and 214 fishing days were observed in area VIIe. Even if the coverage is not as high as planned, the observations in the North of Brittany (VIIe) are regular, covering all the months between beginning of February and end of October.

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