1997 - 1997 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Survey : ECST 1/97 (part of International Young Fish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: YFS))
Description
This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the International Young Fish
Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: YFS);
Surveys around the British Isles (predominantly the South and East coasts)
were completed in late August/early September from 1981 to 2010, to evaluate
the recruitment of Sole and Plaice as well collect data on the abundance of
small fish. Station, catch, length (all fish species and some crustaceans) and
biological data (Sole and Plaice) were collected.
Survey took place between 04/09/1997 and 24/09/1997 on East coast YFS
Equipment used during this survey :
- 1.5 metre push net with tickler chain
- Beam Trawl 2m shrimp net fryma liner 3 chains x
Survey operations were undertaken on 247 stations
52 different species were caught on this survey