Observers have been on vessels engaged in the anchovy, bass, herring, mackerel, pilchard, smelt and sprat fisheries.
Cats dine delicately on boneless salmon, while their owners masticate on mackerel.
With regard to pelagic fish—essentially herring, sprat and mackerel—there has been a serious decline in herring stocks, as we have all become aware.
All the pelagic stocks—not just herring, but mackerel and bass—are doing very well indeed.
The significant mackerel fishery is to be closed to pelagic boats to protect a fish that they have no chance of catching.
The net also samples shoaling or pelagic species including herring and mackerel.
The restrictions on fishing for hake, for example, will cause serious problems for pelagic horse mackerel trawling.
Pelagic fishing gear is normally used for shoaling mid-water swimming species such as mackerel, pilchards and sprats.
