HERAS - 0717H - Herring acoustic survey - 2017 - North Sea and west of Scotland

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Summary

Objectives To conduct an acoustic survey, in conjunction with MRV Scotia, to estimate the abundance and distribution of herring in the north western North Sea and north of Scotland between 58º30’-62ºN and from the shelf edge to 2ºE, excluding Faroese waters. In addition acoustic transects will be carried out in Moray Firth (Scotia) to estimate abundance of herring and sprat. To obtain biological samples for echosounder trace identification using a pelagic trawl. To obtain samples of herring (and sprat) for biological analysis, including age, length, weight, sex, maturity and ichthyophonus infection.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2019-10-22
Access contraints
no limitations to public access
Harvest GUID
Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12243
Extent
Latitude: 62° to 58.5°
Longitude: -7° to 2°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Dataset reference date
2019-10-22 (publication)
Frequency of update
Not Planned
Responsible party
Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) (pointOfContact, custodian, distributor); Marine Scotland Science (originator)
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Metadata language
eng
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The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.