This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the South Western Beam Trawl
Survey, Qtr 1 (FSS: Q1SWBEAM);
Annual research vessel surveys in the Western English Channel using 4m beam
trawls in support of EU data regulations and as part of an ICES funded
research program. Randomly selected survey position design. In 2012 the survey
coverage was extended to cover the Celtic Sea using both the 4m beam trawl and
the GOV trawl. In 2013 the survey returned to using the 4m beam trawl only.
Additional aims include collection of benthic, water temperature and salinity
and acoustic data.
Survey took place between 05/03/2011 and 23/03/2011 on CEFAS Endeavour
Equipment used during this survey :
- No Blinder Port deployed Beam Trawl 4m steel commericial with extended
codend
- Ring net without EM2 logger
- Starboard deployed Beam Trawl 4m steel commericial with extended codend
- Vertical Profiler CTD Type 8770
Survey operations were undertaken on 140 stations
261 different species were caught on this survey