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What class do Dublin bay prawns belong to?

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Crustacea

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What family do Dublin bay prawns belong to?

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Nephropidae

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What is the species name for nephrops?

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Norvegicus

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What names are there for nephrops?

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Dublin bay prawns, Norway lobster, scampi, La langoistine

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Describe the appearance of nephrops.

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-Similar in appearance to a small lobster
-Claws are long and thin, same length as body
-Characteristic pale orange colour with red patches
-Black, kidney shaped compound eyes

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How many pairs of legs have claws?

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First three pairs of legs have claws

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Describe the body of nephrops

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-Head and thorax are fused (cephalothorax)
-Abdomen is long and segmented, ending in a broad tail-fan
-Two pairs of antennae, the second pair is longer and thinner

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What is carapace length?

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Parallel to the midline, from the back of either eye socket to the distal edge of the carapace

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How is total length measured?

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Tip of the rostrum to the rear end of the telson, not including setae

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What is the distribution of nephrops norvegius?

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-Restricted to North East Atlantic
-Coast from Morocco to Northern Norway and Iceland
-Mediterranean sea and Adriatic

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What areas are absent of nephrops norvegius?

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Black and Baltic Seas

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What factors determine habitat suitability for nephrops norvegius?

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-Substrate type
-Mean annual bottom temperature
-Salinity
-Oxygen
-Mean depth and mean annual surface chlorophyll

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What depths are nephrops norvegius found at?

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200m - 800m

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What depth range is nephrops norvegius most abundant at?

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40 -400 m

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What habitat is nephrops restricted to?

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To sticky mud sea bottoms in which it can borrow
(>40% silt and clay)

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Describe a nephrops burrow

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They dig a horizontal burrow with an entrance at each end
-Semi-permanent and vary in size and structure
-20-30cm deep and distances of 50 -80 cm between front and back entrances

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What is the purpose of the burrow?

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Provides protection from predators like cod

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When do nephrops leave their burrows?

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Depends on light intensity, tidal cycles, season (moulting) and reproductive status
-Mainly leave burrow at dawn and dusk

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What factors affect leaving the burrow?

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Water depth
-Shallow waters, rarely leave the burrow, just have head and claws sticking out
-Deeper waters, more active and spend less time in burrow
-Berried females rarely leave their burrows

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Are nephrops solitary animals?

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Yes, however multiple occupancy can occur in the burrows

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Where do nephrops spend the majority of their time?

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Either lying in their burrows or by the entrance, only leaving shelter to forage or mate

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What do nephrops feed on?

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-Polychaetes
-Crustacea
-Mollusks
-Echinoderms
-Occasionally small fish

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What does the larval nephrops feed on?

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Feed on planktonic crustacea

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What does CL stand for?

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Carapace Length

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What does TL stand for?
Total length
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What age are female nephrops sexually mature?
2 years
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What size are female nephrops when they are sexually mature?
23 mm CL and 70 mm TL
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What age is male nephrops sexually mature?
3 years
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What size is male nephrops when sexually mature?
26mm CL and 85mm TL
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What is the nephrops reproductive cycle linked to?
Latitude and temperature
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How often do nephrops reproduce in cold waters off Norway and Iceland?
Biennially
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How often do nephrops reproduce?
Annually
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How many eggs do nephrops produce?
400 - 600 eggs depending on size
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How long are fertilised eggs carried by the female?
9 months until they are released in the spring
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When do nephrops reproduce?
In spring, between a hard-shelled male and recently moulted, soft-shelled female
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What does the female do after mating?
Stores sperm under her tail until late summer/early autumn, than releases eggs and fertilises them with the sperm
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How long do hatched larvae remain in the plankton?
3-4 weeks and stay in the area of release
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What happens after first 3 moults?
A bottom living juvenile (15-17mm) is produced
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What happens to the female after her eggs hatched?
She moults again and mates
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How do nephrops grow?
They grow by repeated moulting
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How much do nephrops grow in their first year?
30 - 50 mm
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How much to nephrops increase in length with each moult?
About 10% increase
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How many times do mature females moult a year?
Once a year
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How many times do mature males moult a year?
Twice a year, males grow quicker and get bigger than females
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What is the max size of females?
73mm CL and 230mm TL
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What is the max size of males?
93mm Cl and 290 mm TL
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What is the maximum weight of nephrops?
400 grams
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What size are nephrops by three years?
85 mm
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What is the age range of nephrops?
7 - 10 years
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Do nephrops from different areas vary?
They grow at different rates and mature at different sizes
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What is thought to cause geographic variation?
Density dependent Food availability Sediment type
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What is nephrops density like on soft mud?
Density is low, but animals grow relatively fast and reach a larger maximum size
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What is nephrops density like on sandier mud?
Density is much higher, but animals grow relatively slowly and are smaller
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What factors influence nephrops density?
-Nature of the substratum and its suitability for burrowing -Patchy settlement of larvae -Different levels of fishing effort / intensity
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What is the density of burrows in the North sea?
68 burrows / 100m2
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What low burrow densities can occur?
1 burrow / 4m2 has been recorded
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What are nephrops known to do in the winter?
Move to deeper waters
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How many European nephrop populations are there?
30 individual populations -Separated by inhospitable terrain and adults rarely migrate/travel distances greater than a few hundred meters
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What predators predate on nephrops?
-Heavily predated on by cod in March when they spawn in NW Irish sea -Thornback rays -Dogfish
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What parasites affect nephrops?
-Epizotic parasites / diseases common in animals that don't moult frequently -Haematodinium (parasitic dinoflagellate infection) -Shell and muscle necrosis -Blackspot or melanosis
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What is the most important commercial species in Ireland?
-Nephrops most important commercial crustacean in Ireland and Europe -Next to mackerel, Nephrops are the second most valuable species in Ireland
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What is the value of nephrops landings?
€37 m -Irish landings support important onshore processing industry
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What % of EU landings of nephrops are landed in Ireland
40% is from Irish fisheries
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How are nephrops fished?
-Single, twin and multi-rig otter trawls -Square mesh panel: 100 mm
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What is the mesh size for nephrops?
70 - 99mm
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How many vessels land nephrops?
approx. 48
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What countries fish nephrops?
-Ireland -France -UK -Spain
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Where is nephrops fished in Ireland?
-Primarily Irish Sea 40% of total Irish catch landings -Howth, Skerries, Clogherhead -Celtic Sea -North of the Aran Islands -Porcupine Bank
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What are some mitigation methods for nephrops fishery?
-Square mesh panels -Swedish grids -Found to decrease by-catch
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Describe nephrops creels
-Highly selective method of fishing- catch is brought up alive, unwanted animals can be returned to sea -One ore more funnel style entrance making it easy for shellfish to get in but very difficult to escape again -Can be used where nephrops grounds lie amongst rocks eg. Killary Harbour
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Describe nephrops creel fishery
-Fleets of 40 -50 -Fresh bait is used -Pots are inspected and re-laid daily -Better size and condition of prawn caught by this method yield prices three - four times higher than animals netted by trawling
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Advantages of Creel fishery?
-Better quality -Reduced impact on seafloor -Lower fuel consumption -Allows fishermen with smaller boats to participate in high-value fishery -Pots, traps and creels are exempted from the Landing Obligation
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How is age of neprhops calculated?
Length is used to calculate age using the von Bertalanffy growth model
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What is the recognized standard measurement for nephrops?
Carapace Length (CL)
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Describe nephrops stock assessment
-No annually marked structures like otoliths in fish -Stock size assessment and growth rate can therefore be difficult to determine since aging of Nephrops is not possible
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How are nephrops fishing grounds managed?
Managed as Functional Units (FU)
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How are nephrops surveyed?
Underwater television surveys are undertaken to independently estimate abundance, distribution and stock sizes for fishing grounds
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What are some issues with the nephrops stock?
-Nephrops are discarded either because they are undersize or poor quality (poor moult) -By-catch levels can be high ( 35 - 75%) -Undersize nephrops -Commercial fish - major discarding of whiting and some hake in the past -Trawling has a severe negative effect on muddy seabeds and rock substrates
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Describe the handling of nephrops post catch
-Prawns are iced and sold either frozen whole or as tails -Head is removed as the digestive gland taints the flesh once dead -Metabisulphate is added to prawn to preserve them -Prawns are graded - larger prawns much higher prices
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What time of day produce greatest number of catches?
Timing of emergence - sensitive to wavelength 480 nm -Greatest catches at dawn and dusk
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Are males or females more likely to be caught?
Males more likely -More heavily exploited than females
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When are nephrops fished?
Bimodal fishery -March - males (Moult May/June) July and August - females
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What nephrops grounds are video surveyed?
-West of Scotland FU 11 -13 -Eastern Irish Sea FU 14 -Western Irish Sea FU 15 -Porcupine Bank FU 16 -Aran, Galway Bay, Slyne Head FU 17-18 -South and South west of Ireland FU 19 -Labadie, Jones and Cockburn FU20-21 -Smalls Nephrops grounds FU22
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How are nephrops monitored?
-Annual Underwater TV Surveys (UWTV) -Port sampling -Trawl surveys -Commercial fisheries assessment (CPUE) -Discard sampling
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What data does Annual Underwater TV surveys collect?
-Using VMS data -Density of burrows calculated
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How are underwater camera surveys carried out?
-Under water video camera is towed over the sea bed for 10 mins travelling approx. 200m at 0.8 knots on a purpose built sledge -Number of burrows are counted -Burrow density estimates are the calculated for the area using statistical methods -MI carry out surveys in summer months around Ireland

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