Government Reports

Management evaluation report of a limited king scallop (Pecten maximus) fishery within Ramsey Bay fisheries management zone

Scientific Monitoring within the Baie ny Carrickey Closed Area: Summary of Progress & Results (November 2013 – July 2016)

• Side-scan-sonar survey of the Horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) beds off the Point of Ayre (August 2008)
• Developing an ecosystem approach to the management of Manx fisheries

• Genetic connectivity and Marine Protected Areas. Progress Report – 26th November 2009
• Seabed habitats around the Isle of Man

Isle of Man sustainable fisheries strategy

• Hydrodredge: reducing the negative impacts of scallop dredging
• Sources and sinks of scallops (Pecten maximus) in the waters of the Isle of Man as predicted from particle tracking models

• Comparison of catch efficiencies for king and queen scallops between the R.V. Prince Madog and F.V. Genesis
• Efficiency and environmental impacts of three different queen scallop fishing gears
• The Isle of Man Aequipecten opercularis Fishery: Science and Management

• Predicted impacts of proposed management measures in the Isle of Man’s Pecten maximus fishery
• Progress Report: Genetic investigation into the spill over of scallop larvae from Port Erin Closed Area

The Isle of Man Aequipecten opercularis fishery: Research Update 2011

• The Isle of Man Aequipecten opercularis fishery stock assessment 2012
• Bycatch Survey – Isle of Man Queen Scallop Otter Trawl Fishery Summer 2012
• Spatial variation in the gonad condition of the scallop Pecten maximus
• Spatial variation in by-catch and energy subsidies generated by a trawl-caught queen scallop fishery

• Potential effects of stock enhancement with hatchery reared seed on genetic diversity and effective population size
• The Isle of Man Aequipecten opercularis fishery stock assessment 2013
• Predicted impacts of proposed management measures in the Isle of Man queen scallop fishery: 2014 Fishing Season
• Management evaluation report of a limited king scallop fishery within Ramsey Bay fisheries management zone

• Environmental impacts of demersal otter trawls targeting queen scallops in the Isle of Man territorial sea
• Predicted impacts of proposed management measures in the Isle of Man queen scallop fishery to be introduced in the 2015 fishing season
• Bycatch Survey – Isle of Man queen scallop otter trawl fishery Summer 2014

• Predicted impacts of proposed management measures in the Isle of Man king scallop fishery to be introduced in the 2016/2017 fishing season
• The Isle of Man Aequipecten opercularis stock assessment 2016

• The Isle of Man Aequipecten opercularis fishery stock assessment 2017
• Isle of Man king scallop stock advice: A data-limited approach for setting a total allowable catch for the 2017/2018 fishing season

Proposals for Future Management of the Isle of Man Common Whelk Fishery: The Current Evidence Base