This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the North West Groundfish
Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS);
Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species)
for each of the annual surveys in the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel using
research vessels and 4m beam trawls. Data mainly used to create indices of
abundance in support of EU data regulations and as part of an ICES funded
research program. Additional aims include collection of benthic, litter, water
temperature and salinity and acoustic data.
Survey took place between 15/09/2005 and 05/10/2005 on Corystes
Equipment used during this survey :
- Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT
- Benthic Sampling Gear Grabs 0.2 sq. m Day Grab
- Nioz corer standard deployment
- Vibro Corer Standard
- Water sampled for caesium analysis
Survey operations were undertaken on 136 stations
172 different species were caught on this survey