Fisheries Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Catch, Effort and National/Regional Data Sets
Faroese Fisheries: Discards and Non-Mandated Catches
Jákup Reinert
The Faroese Fisheries LaboratoryAbstract
The issue of discards and unreported catches is briefly discussed with regards to the Faroe Islands fisheries. No quantitative estimates of discarding have been undertaken at the present. However, some preliminary data based on onboard observer programs are available for some gear types, and is included here. Definitions of gear breakdown used in the management of Faroe Islands fisheries is also included.