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This paper analyses the spatial distribution of fishing effort in a sample of 25 Dutch commercial beam trawlers fishing for sole and plaice in the period 1993-1996, based on an automated recording system with an accuracy of about 0.1 nautical mile. Intensive fishing occurred along the borders of the closed areas (12 mile zone and the ''plaice-box'', a protected area in the eastern part of the North...