Fishing Gear Used in the Irish Demersal Fishing Industry

Welcome to the FIP survey on fishing gear

Providing your name and vessel name are optional, but this information is more beneficial for the FIPs and for scientific uses. This will also help us follow up with fishermen with more detailed results of this survey.

We understand the information provided in this survey is commercially sensitive. Your responses will be kept strictly confidential. Any identifiable information, such as your name/ vessel name, will only be used for the purpose of data analysis and will not be shared or published.

Thank you for participating in our survey. Your feedback is important.


If you are happy to do so, please give your name and the name of your vessel.
If you wish to complete the survey anonymously, please select the size category of your vessel.