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Irish biological survey

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Description
The survey is intended to collect information on maturity, sex ratio, growth, etc. for a number of species that are of commercial importance. The survey takes place in early spring, the time when most fish spawn. It is important to sample during the spawning season as immature fish can be easily distinguished from mature fish during this time.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Commercial species, Long-term monitoring, Monitoring, ANE: Ireland, Irish Exclusive Economic Zone, Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758, Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792), Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758), Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758), Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827), Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758, Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758), Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758

Geographical coverage
ANE: Ireland, Irish Exclusive Economic Zone

Temporal coverage
1990 - 2010

Taxonomic coverage
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792) [WoRMS]
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827) [WoRMS]
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]

Contributors
Marine Institute Ireland (MI), moredata owner

Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2010-07-15
Information last updated: 2010-07-15
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