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University of Aberdeen
WP 2 “Shifting baselines” Workshop
Tallinn, 3-4 March 2006
• Fishing activity data
data from 1965 onwards
Landings - weight and value
• Total
• Species / gear type
• Main species
DATA AVAILABLE
Biological framework
DATA AVAILABLE
• Species in analysis
Cod (Gabus morhua)
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
Herring (Clupea harengus)
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)
Anglerfish (Lophius litulon)
• Biological data
Lenght-frequency data
Size & age at maturity
Biomass
Discards data
Maximum sizes
Plankton data
DATA AVAILABLE
• Fishing activity data
data from 1965 onwards
Fishing fleet – number of vessels
Employment – number of registered fishermen
DATA AVAILABLE
Socio-economic framework
• Environmental data
North Atlantic Oscilation (NAO) – data from 1821 onwards
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) – data from 1891 onwards
Chlorophill – data from 1960 onwards
River flow – data from 1948 onwards
DATA AVAILABLE
Environmental frameworks
• Legislative data
• Management regimes
DATA AVAILABLE
Institutional framework
Study sites
Fisheries one of the oldest activities in the firth
Fisheries date back to 8000 years ago
Medievel times salmon were salted and exported to Europe
By mid 19th century concerns about salmon stock led to traps being banned from the inner firths
Several settlements fishing for herring
By mid 19th century Wick was the most important herring port in Europe
HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF FISHERIES IN THE MORAY FIRTH
MORAY FIRTH
Tallinn, 3-4 March 2006
• Include fishermen’s perpective on shifting baselines
Possible Publications ?
East coast: Moray Firth
Moray Firth
• General information
• Largest firth in Scotland - sea area of 2020 sq miles (5230 km2)
• Several nature conservation designations:
• SSSI;
• Natura 2000 network – Inner MF is a SPA and SAC
• Ramsar site
• Fisheries
• Importance has declined – accounts for 26% scottish vessels over 10m
• Very important from a cultural point of view
• Fleet shifting to small scale fleet and a shellfish fishery
West coast: Loch Torridon & Inner Sound
Loch Torridon & Inner Sound
• General information
• Representative of northwest & island type glaciar sea lochs
• Wester Ross National Scenic Area (largest in Scotland)
• Upper Loch Torridon & Shieldaig – MCA status
• Fisheries
• Dominated by nephrops fishery
• Characterized by a creel-only fishery – closed area (2000)
• LTNCF awarded MSC label (2003) for sustainable and well-managed marine fishery