Download FAR 2016/62 Fishery characterisation and CPUE analysis of Lin 1

The ling fisheries in LIN 1 are described for the period 1989–90 to 2011–12, based on commercial catch and effort data. The most important fishery was the ling target bottom longline fishery, which took 40% of the 23 year catch total. Ling is also caught as a by-catch in a number of bottom trawl fisheries. Standardised catch per unit effort analyses were conducted on three fisheries, with only the target ling bottom longline fishery accepted as an index of abundance.