Project Inshore: Small, coastal fishing boats, or the ‘Inshore Fleet’, make up nearly three quarters of England’s fishing fleet. The rich array of seafood they serve up also presents unique scientific challenges for fishery managers. Relatively small landings per vessel, with varying market demand from one day to the next, make it hard to attract investment for scientific research

Project Inshore has – for the first time – mapped all of these English fisheries together and provided sustainability plans for each of them, helping to secure seafood supplies from these traditional boats for this and future generations.  How it will work

Project Inshore has – for the first time – mapped all of these English fisheries together and carried out assessments based on the Marine Stewardship Council Standard for sustainable fishing. It produced tailored sustainability reports helping to secure seafood supplies from these traditional boats for this and future generations and providing an independent evidence base to attract targeted investment in further scientific research.

For some of the fisheries, this project may offer the opportunity to enter full assessment for MSC certification. For others they will have a clear plan to enable – in time – all English inshore fisheries to work towards the benefits of third party certification offered by the MSC.  To work though the detailed fishery reports go to:

http://www.seafish.org/industry-support/fishing/project-inshore