Commercial fishery for razor clams using electric current gear - consultation: strategic environmental assessment report

Footnotes

1 Where fewer than five vessels operated within a c-square, the data are subject to statistical disclosure controls and are redacted.

2 Fishing Industry Science Alliance (FISA) Project 09/15 - To Develop the Methodology to Undertake Stock Assessments on Razor Fish Using Combinations of Video Monitoring and Electrofishing Gear

3 Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science (SMFS) Vol 12 No 10_ Report on razor clam surveys in Largo Bay (Firth of Forth).pdf

4 (PDF) Summary of experimental results on the impacts of electrofishing for razor clams on non-target species

5 LPUE is the amount of landed catch for a given amount of effort. In the trial we have measured this as kilograms per hour.

6 Measures of hydraulic dredge efficiency and razor clam production, two aspects governing sustainability within the Scottish commercial fishery | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | Cambridge Core

7 direct and indirect effects of suction dredging on a razor clam (Ensis arcuatus) population | ICES Journal of Marine Science | Oxford Academic

8 The impact of hydraulic blade dredging on a benthic megafaunal community in the Clyde Sea area, Scotland - ScienceDirect

9 Measures of hydraulic dredge efficiency and razor clam production, two aspects governing sustainability within the Scottish commercial fishery | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | Cambridge Core

10 Supporting documents - Report on razor clam surveys on Tarbert Bank - gov.scot

11 Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 5 Number 14: Electrofishing for Razor Clams (Ensis siliqua and E. arquatus): Effects on Survival and Recovery of Target and Non-Target Species

12 The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2004

13 Marine Scotland Science Report 03/11 - A report on Electrical Fishing for Razor Clams (Ensis sp.) and its likely effects on the marine environment

14 Scottish Government note: this instrument continues to regulate fishing for razor clams.