FISHING ACTIVITY MAPS
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The following illustrate the nature of fishing activity by vessels in South & West Wales:

1. Fishing vessel activity (pdf maps) recorded by SWSFC Fishery Protection vessels (2007 - 2009).

  1. Cardigan - St Brides
  2. St Brides to Pendine
  3. Pendine to Cardiff
  4. Bristol Channel Fisheries Intensity Study - Maps (from interviews with fishermen in 1997) are within a report by Fisheries consultant T Plumb for Posford Duvivier Environment in connection with aggregate dredging reviews.

2. Maps of fishing activity in Wales (2000 - 2005) taken from CCWs "Sea Fishing Atlas of Wales"
Available Maps : (Maps are in a pdf format)

  1. Beam Trawling & Scallop Dredging
  2. Mussel Seed, Oyster & Hydraulic Dredging
  3. Otter Trawl
  4. Light Demersal Trawls & Seines
  5. Pelagic Trawls, Drift Nets & Hook and Line Fishing
  6. Static Gear - Nets and Longlines
  7. Intertidal Netting North
  8. Intertidal Netting South
  9. Static Gear - Pots
  10. Hand Gathering Casual & Professional North
  11. Hand Gathering Casual & Professional South
  12. Aquaculture & Intertidal Traps South
  13. Aquaculture & Intertidal Traps North

3. South & West Wales Fishing Communities Ltd 2009 Members survey of their fishing activity.
(We hope to be able to make this report available in due course)