Marine Experts Help North Sea Filming
By Matt J. Weiss, December 22, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Lowestoftjournal.co.uk
MARINE experts from Lowestoft have been helping filmmakers study the behaviour of small sharks off the coast of East Anglia.
Scientists from the Centre for Marine, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) based in Pakefield, near Lowestoft, met filmmakers from Brussels earlier this month to help with a film about the sharks and rays which live in the North Sea.
The documentary is being made for the European Commission ahead of new legislation which is due to be passed next month about the fishing of shark species, particularly spurdogs, which are also known as spiny or piked dogfish.
Spurdogs, which often grow up to 130cm in length, are sought primarily for their meat but overfishing, particularly of pregnant females, landed them on a list of threatened fish species in 2006.
Scientists from the Centre for Marine, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) based in Pakefield, near Lowestoft, met filmmakers from Brussels earlier this month to help with a film about the sharks and rays which live in the North Sea.
The documentary is being made for the European Commission ahead of new legislation which is due to be passed next month about the fishing of shark species, particularly spurdogs, which are also known as spiny or piked dogfish.
Spurdogs, which often grow up to 130cm in length, are sought primarily for their meat but overfishing, particularly of pregnant females, landed them on a list of threatened fish species in 2006.
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