Fisheries Research Services (FRS)observes up to 140 trips each year. This includes up to 90 demersal, 26 pelagicand 24 nephrops vessels. Plans for 2008 are being drawn up in line with the EuropeanCommission’s Data Collection Regulation (DCR).In 2007, the Scottish Governmentfunded an observer pilot, which placed independent observers on 10 fishing trips.The ...