Charting a new era for UK crab and lobster fisheries

Charting a new era for UK crab and lobster fisheries. Filling the Gap: Researchers & fishermen work together to improve knowledge of crab and lobster fisheries and help chart new era for UK fisheries. Led by Bangor University and the industry-led Crab and Lobster Management Group (CMG), a new Fisheries Industry Science Partnership (FISP) funded project, the Filling the Gap – Crustacean FISP project, is working to close existing evidence gaps relating to brown crab and lobster fisheries in England and Wales. With the aim of feeding into a new era of UK fisheries management, the project will contribute directly to implementation of Defra’s recently published Crab and Lobster Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) for England, and future plans for Wales. Despite weathering significant challenges over the past years, with a combined landings value in excess of £110 million in 2021, brown crab and lobster fisheries are among the UK’s most economically important fisheries. However, concerns ...