To explore gear configurations that could improve selectivity in the current
fishery and collect information on the catches, including associated species
caught, that would help inform managers on management of the resource in
future.
The survey was carried out over 10 days during November 2011, sailing out of
Plymouth. The area of operation for the survey was ICES Area VIIe off the
South Devon coast
The survey was carried out on board the FV Ocean Spirit (Figure 2), a
steel-hulled trawler of 11.95 m registered length with a 220 kW engine.
