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enforcement priorities
In executing the Agency's mission, the direction of enforcement operations takes account of where infringements of fisheries law are deemed most likely and prevalent against a background of overall fisheries management priorities. These are:
protection of the integrity of the quota management system, the principle threat to which comes from misreporting of catch areas,
the misrecording of species caught and the practice of landing fish clandestinely. This is particularly relevant to the high value
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demersal species such as cod, haddock and megrim enforcement of pelagic fisheries regulations because of the precarious state of the herring stock. Misreporting of species (mackerel for herring or horse mackerel for mackerel, for instance), catch areas and quantities landed needs to be countered compliance with technical Conservation Regulations requires checks to be made of nets being used, of sizes of fish caught and retained for landing, and of areas closed to fishing for conservation purposes prevention of illegal salmon fishing, the main target for enforcement being the recovery of monofilament and other nets laid close to the shore |
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Officer Gregor Maitland receiving
a message by e-mail from headquarters whilst on board ship |
patterns of fishing
The general pattern of fishing activity month by month is shown at fig. 3. Enforcement assets both in the air, at sea and ashore are deployed to take account of both the fishing fleet's catching capabilities and the overall fisheries management priorities described earlier. The areas from where the fish are caught vary depending on the season and migratory habits of the individual species, but fig. 4 is illustrative of where the main varieties of fish may be found.
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Fig. 4
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