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From August 2002 until February 2006 data on landings and effort data from a group of beam trawlers are collected in the so-called F-project. The objective of this project is to 1) improve the quality of stock assessment of North Sea plaice and sole; 2) promote the effective use of fisheries data into the stock assessment process; and 3) improve the communication between the fishing sector and fisheries research. The project is funded by the Dutch government in collaboration with the fishing industry and is carried out by the Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research. This report describes data collection by the fisheries sector in 2003 and its results for the second objective of the project: the promoting of effective use of fisheries data into the stock assessment process.