2011 - 2011 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Western anglerfish and hake 2011/12 - Fisheries Science Partnership
FSP Western anglerfish and hake
One of ten beam trawl surveys to investigate catches of anglerfish and hake ( *Merluccius* *merluccius* ) in the Celtic Sea and Western Approaches, and to examine bycatches of other species. To investigate the effectiveness of an "environmental panel" designed for reducing the bycatch of organisms and debris.
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biota
revision
2011-03-25
publication
2008-06-01
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52.5
48.5
revision
2010-05-18
2011-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
2011-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
publication
2018-02-09
annually
The western anglerfish programme was carried out every year from 2003 to 2012 with the aim of investigating the abundance and size composition of anglerfish on the main UK anglerfish fishing grounds off the southwest coast of England. Additional data are collected on other commercial species, such as megrim, hake, cod and lemon sole. Throughout the time-series, the same two commercial beam trawlers have been used, the FV Twilight III in the southern part of the survey area and the FV Billy Rowney in the northern region. The vessels have fished in the same areas, using the same gear, for the duration of the time-series. On the survey fishing grounds, two species of anglerfish are caught. The most common (scientific name *Lophius piscatorius* ) is referred to herein as anglerfish or monk (fish) ( *L. piscatorius* ), and the less common species ( *Lophius budegassa* ) as anglerfish or monk (fish) ( *L. budegassa* ), to avoid the use of common names such as “black anglerfish” or “white anglerfish”, which are used for the same species in different areas. The two species of anglerfish belong to populations that extend over a broad area of the continental shelf to the west and southwest of the British Isles. Anglerfish populations extend from coastal waters to the continental slope and are fished by several nations using beam trawls, otter trawls and fixed nets. The area covered by the FSP survey is therefore only a small part of the overall range of the populations.
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Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
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Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
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Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
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Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
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