Fishing patterns at Nightingale

<p>This document aims to assemble information regarding the fishing patterns at Nightingale and recent CPUE trends.</p> <p>It is well known that fishing at Nightingale and Inaccessible islands result in the fishing vessel operating at the one island for a few days(1- 7 days) after which, owing to reduced catch rates the boats switch to fishing at the other island – with this pattern continuing until the  TAC is caught. This is a common fishing pattern seen in many fisheries, i.e. fishermen prefer to harvest their quotas at as high a catch rate as possible. </p>