Managing fisheries at an ‘optimal’ level could offer long-term benefits to fishermen and the environment

August 23, 2021

At around 7 years from conception to publication, our research takes time. But that’s exactly the point. When we were first approached by the Blue Marine Foundation and local fishermen of Lyme Bay, concerned about the potential impacts associated with an increase in static potting in response to mobile fishing being banned from inside the Lyme Bay MPA… … More Managing fisheries at an ‘optimal’ level could offer long-term benefits to fishermen and the environment

Scilly survey 2019

October 25, 2019

After spending the darker, colder months analysing all of the survey footage from 2018, and prepping for this year’s field season, the team were ready to don the oilskins again and get back out at sea. This year the team kicked off fieldwork in the Isles of Scilly, as part of the SCILL-E project. Working … More Scilly survey 2019

When the wind blows from the east, the fish bite the least – our first tagging campaign in Salcombe Harbour

July 3, 2018

Last week the team were out catching schooling bass (“Schoolies”) in Salcombe Harbour for the first tagging event in the I-BASS project. … More When the wind blows from the east, the fish bite the least – our first tagging campaign in Salcombe Harbour