1982 - 2004 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Western Celtic Sea Groundfish Survey, Q1 (FSS: WCGFS)

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Summary

Surveys carried out to investigate the distribution and abundance of juvenile mackerel. Two surveys per year in March and December. Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) are collect using research vessels.

The standard bottom trawl used on these surveys was a modified Portuguese High-headline Trawl fitted with 14” rubber bobbins on the groundrope and a bunt tickler chain. The codend was fitted with a small-mesh liner (nominal diagonal stretched mesh 20 mm).

The standard haul duration was 60 min and trawling was restricted to daylight hours. Fixed station positions were used and for analytical purposes

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2020-04-30T11:27:11
• Access contraints: Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply
• Harvest GUID: CEFAS2405253d-25a9-44f5-adc7-2c156e72f1a5
• Extent: Latitude: 53° to 47°
• Extent: Longitude: -12° to -1°
• Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
• Dataset reference date: 2020-04-30 (publication)
• Frequency of update: annually
• Responsible party: Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (originator, custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: series
• Metadata language: eng
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