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FishMap Môn:Informing Sustainable Management
Bruce Jackson (NRW)
Mike Saunt
(Astun Technology Ltd.)
Introduction
•FishMap Môn is a collaborative pilot project between Natural Resources Wales and the recreational and commercial fishing communities in North Wales.
•Who is involved? – Central and Local Government, Bangor Mussel Producers Ltd, North Wales Fisherman’s Cooperative Ltd, Welsh Federation of Sea Anglers
•How is it funded? - 75% EFF; 25% WG (running until end December 2013)
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• Provide evidence to aid identification of areas that are either vulnerable or robust to fishing activity
• Collect and map data on commercial and recreational fishing activity and combine it with information on marine habitats and their sensitivity to fishing activities – evidence based approach to management
Project Aims
• The Project aims to inform the sustainable management of the Welsh marine environment helping to achieve the vision of the Wales Fisheries Strategy of “supporting the development of viable and sustainable fisheries in Wales as an integral part of coherent policies for safeguarding the environment”.
• To develop positive working relationships between NRW and the local Fishing Industry through positive engagement and collaboration
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Study Area
The Project area is located between Nefyn to the west and the Great Orme to the east and extends out to the Welsh 12 nautical mile limit.
Diversity of Fishing Activities Marine Conservation Areas
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Collecting Fishing Activity Data
What we ask fishers:
1. Where they fish (using habitat maps & plotter data)
2. When they fish & how frequently
3. Gear characteristics (e.g. gear width, no of dredges number of pots etc)
4. Speed of vessel during fishing
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ESRI – geodatabase, forms and digitising
Collecting Fishing Activity Data
Digitising Fishing Activity during an Interview
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Commercial Fishing Data
Gear TypeNumber
Surveyed
(75)
King Scallops3 Local
3 Scottish
Queen Scallops 2
Mussel Dredging 3
Oyster Trestles 1
Otter Trawling 3
Parlour Pots 30
Prawn Pots 9
Whelk Pots 7
Green Crab Pots 1
Netters 9
Rod and Line Fishing 2
Winkle Pickers
Buyer and Seller surveyed representing most of the pickers around Anglesey
2
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Recreational Fishing Data
• 480 recreational sea anglers surveyed (over 12 months)
• 52 “hobby” potters
• 26 / 28 charter boat operators
• Recreational bait collectors
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Fishing Intensity
• Fishing Effort is a measure of an activity over time - e.g. pots hauled per day
• Fishing Intensity is a measure of effort in a given area - e.g. pots hauled per year per Hectare
Heavy
Light
Moderate
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Seabed Habitats
Mosaic of rock and sediment
Unstable coarse sediments – robust fauna
Stable spp. rich mixed sediments
Biogenic reef on sediment
Dynamic, shallow water fine sands
Stable muddy sands, sandy muds & muds
Stable subtidal fine sands
Stable but tideswept cobbles, pebbles & gravels
Rock with low lying, fast growing faunal turf
Sands and gravels with long lived bivalves
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Habitat Sensitivity Assessments
• Habitat sensitivity is a measure of the impact of a given fishing intensity upon a seabed habitat
• It is assessed using a combination of expert judgement and research by combining the resistance and the resilience of habitats to fishing activities (Peer reviewed methodology)
1. Resistance: how significantly a habitat is altered by an impact (level of species mortality)
2. Resilience: how quickly it can recover from an impact
Resistance (level of species mortality)
Category None Low Medium High
Resilience(ability to recover)
Very Low HIGH HIGH MEDIUM LOW
Low HIGH HIGH MEDIUM LOW
Medium HIGH HIGH MEDIUM LOW
High MEDIUM MEDIUM LOW LOW
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Checking the sensitivity of the underlying habitat
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
16 Sand & Gravel with long lived bivalves
MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM
19 Stable muddy sands, sandy mud and mud
LOW MEDIUM MEDIUM
31. Stable but tide swept cobbles, pebbles + gravel
LOW MEDIUM MEDIUM
FISHING INTENSITY LEVEL
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
< 0.8 0.8 – 3 > 3
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Benefits to the Fishers and Stakeholders
• Contributing towards an evidence based approach to marine management.
• Contributing towards the sustainable management of natural marine resources
• Developing an interactive Web Mapping Application
• Learning lessons in collaborative working and stakeholder engagement
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• Current proposals in Wales
• Possible case studies from FMM
How can How can FishMap MFishMap Mônôn contribute to an ecosystems contribute to an ecosystems approach to marine management in Wales?approach to marine management in Wales?
Next Steps
• WFA (endorsed by WFSA) promote an ‘Adaptive co-management Ecosystem Based Approach’ in ‘Striking the Balance’
• An Ecosystem Approach framework is being developed for WG & Natural Resources Wales
• PISCES (Partnerships Involving Stakeholders in the Celtic Sea Ecosystem)
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WG & NRW Ecosystem approach WG & NRW Ecosystem approach frameworkframework
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
1. Organising the work – partnership working bringing in stakeholders
2. & 3. Examine what activity occurring, interactions & combined effects (display with GIS)
4. Ecosystem Services: Provision of Fish & sustain wildlife resource
5. Partnership working – setting a vision
6. Generating options for management & sustainable use
7-9. Generate options for (co) management
10-12. Apply & adapt
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• Light Otter Trawling in & outside SAC
Possible case studies
Charter Boats Netting Potting
•Overlaps between different activity types (Static and
Mobile)
LOT Scalloping
•Potting relative to proposed MCZ locations eg off
North coast of Llyn Peninsula
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Nearly there…
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I could be talking about
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Topics
•Standards Based
•Cloud Provision
•Technologies
•Licensing
•Support
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Standards based
•Symbology via OGC SLD
•OGC Services through WMS / WFS
•Spatial database
•SQL is IT standard
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Cloud Provision
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Cloud Provision
•Only commit to what you need to
•Scale up or down as required
•Currently only small pilot area
•Less up front capital
•No IT Department headaches
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Technologies
•Operating System - Linux
•Spatial database – PostGIS
•OGC engine – MapServer
•WMS proxy server - MapProxy
•Python web services – Django
•Python web templating framework – Flask
•Front end – OpenLayers, PhantomJS
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Licensing
•Most restrictive possible
•100% closed source
•Complete lock-in
•Per web user fees
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Licensing
•MIT license
•100% open source – available on GitHub
•No lock-in
•Cloud friendly
•No licence fee to expand
•Procurement required ESCROW…
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Support
•Through reputable source
•Core developers
•Submitted enhancements
•Access to core developers
•Part of larger infrastrcture with monitoring etc
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Demo
http://fishmapmon.naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
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Summary
•Licensing – still needed
•Technologies - tried and tested, core access, avoid
lock-in
•Support – reputable companies
•Focus on solution, not software or IT dept
•Cloud friendly, scale if required
Thank you for listeningNo Otters were harmed in the making of this presentation !
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