The fishing vessels Hollie J and Magdalene Ann were chartered in June
2006 to carry out a potting survey for velvet crabs in the area from
Flamborough Head to North of Spurn Point (Bridlington Bay, North Sea, UK) as
part of the Fisheries Science Partnership programme 2006/07. The primary
objective was to plot the spatial distribution of catch rates of macro
crustaceans in the mixed fishery of Bridlington bay. Data are the numbers of
crustacea ( Necora puber, Cancer pagurus and Homarus gammarus ) by trap
and size distributions of velvet crabs ( Necora Puber ).
