drones is essential to provide a greater understanding of potential impacts. In addition, it seems highly likely that if properly managed drones have the capacity to record data in the SEMS and elsewhere that has previously been uncollectable and could be extremely useful. Finally, although LHB has been providing advice and requesting pilots adhere to certain conditions while flying in Langstone Harbour, we do not have any powers to manage light aircraft of any kind within our jurisdiction. LHC I do not believe there are further actions we can take as airspace is controlled by the CAA. Definition: Anchored nets/lines, Electrofishing, Traps, Pelagic fishing (or fishing activities that do not interact with sea bed), Hydraulic dredges, Dredges, Demersal trawl, Demersal seines, Diving, Sea angling. Changes in activity since last year No change Increase Remains Elevated Decrease Unknown Total Responses 6 2 0 0 2 10 Report of increases of Fishing (including shellfisheries) Change in activity - how, where, when and why Respondent How Where When Why LHB The number of Increased Increased fishing November marks the individual fishing fishing activity occurred beginning of Oyster boats recorded activity during November season. In the using the harbour occurred in when 21 individual previous year Sinah in the past year the boats were recorded Lake had been closed increased to 34 Lake region fishing in Sinah Lake to fishing after 2 (up from 20 the of Langstone for a combined total weeks as a result of previous year). Harbour. of 81 fishing days. sIFCA implementing a The number of This compares to 5 byelaw to limit oyster fishing days boats totalling 18 fishing Solent-wide in increased to 269 fishing days order to protect what this year (up from throughout the remains of the 208 the previous entire harbour collapsed oyster year). during the previous stock. Additionally, November. the shellfish beds within Sinah Lake were previously classified as "Class C" beds making the harvest of oysters commercially unviable during the time when the beds were open. This year, legal advice obtained by sIFCA prevented the use of the byelaw to protect stocks and the oysters were
drones is essential to provide a greater understanding of potential impacts. In addition, it seems highly likely that if properly managed drones have the capacity to record data in the SEMS and elsewhere that has previously been uncollectable and could be extremely useful. Finally, although LHB has been providing advice and requesting pilots adhere to certain conditions while flying in Langstone Harbour, we do not have any powers to manage light aircraft of any kind within our jurisdiction. LHC I do not believe there are further actions we can take as airspace is controlled by the CAA. Definition: Anchored nets/lines, Electrofishing, Traps, Pelagic fishing (or fishing activities that do not interact with sea bed), Hydraulic dredges, Dredges, Demersal trawl, Demersal seines, Diving, Sea angling. Changes in activity since last year No change Increase Remains Elevated Decrease Unknown Total Responses 6 2 0 0 2 10 Report of increases of Fishing (including shellfisheries) Change in activity - how, where, when and why Respondent How Where When Why LHB The number of individual fishing boats recorded using the harbour in the past year increased to 34 (up from 20 the previous year). The number of fishing days increased to 269 this year (up from 208 the previous year). Increased fishing activity occurred in the Lake region of Langstone Harbour. Increased fishing activity occurred during November when 21 individual boats were recorded fishing in Sinah Lake for a combined total of 81 fishing days. This compares to 5 boats totalling 18 fishing days throughout the entire harbour during the previous November. November marks the beginning of Oyster season. In the previous year Sinah Lake had been closed to fishing after 2 weeks as a result of sIFCA implementing a byelaw to limit oyster fishing Solent-wide in order to protect what remains of the collapsed oyster stock. Additionally, the shellfish beds within Sinah Lake were previously classified as "Class C" beds making the harvest of oysters commercially unviable during the time when the beds were open. This year, legal advice obtained by sIFCA prevented the use of the byelaw to protect stocks and the oysters were
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