Fleets included in the Model

Currently the model (Hydra) implements 3 fishing fleets each with different characteristics:

• Fixed Gear fleet
  • Gillnets and Longlines
• Demersal Fleet
  • Bottom trawls using small and Large Mesh
• Pelagic Fleet
  • Midwater trawls and seines

Fishing Fleet	Primary Target	Others species caught
Fixed Gear	Spiny dogfish, Winter skate	Cod, Haddock, Monkfish
Demersal Fleet	Haddock, Yellowtail Flounder, Winter flounder, Cod, Silver Hake, Monkfish	Spiny dogfish, Winter skate, Herring, Mackerel
Pelagic Fleet	Herring, Mackerel	Spiny dogfish, Haddock, Silver hake