Region 5: The Greater North Sea

A semi-enclosed coastal shelf sea where fishing is the primary threat to ecosystem health. Its proximity and connectivity with the Celtic Seas Ecoregion with similar PETS and mixed fisheries provide a valuable chance to compare and contrast issues and solutions

Thornback ray endangered PETS sea life

Fisheries of Interest

  • Beam-trawl fisheries
  • Trawl fisheries

PETS of Concern

  • Elasmobranchs

Areas of Work

  • Bycatch estimation
  • Developing camera/AI monitoring techniques
  • Bycatch mitigation experiments
  • Training workshops with fishers on using a bycatch mitigation support app
Shark PETS bycatch

Other Case Study Areas

Region 1

Greenlandic waters

Region 2

Icelandic waters

Region 3

Azorean waters

Region 4

Celtic Seas

Region 6

The Bay of Biscay

Region 7

Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ)