REPORT OF THE PLANNING GROUP ON NORTHEAST ATLANTIC PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM SURVEYS (PGNAPES) ...

This present report was prepared by the Planning Group on Northeast Atlantic Pelagic Ecosystem Surveys (PGNAPES) in Hirtshals, Denmark, from 19–22 August 2008 and contains the results of the acoustic, hydrographic, plankton and fish sampling from two international ICES coordinated survey in 2008. Th...

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Main Author: ICES
Format: Report
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Published: ICES Expert Group reports (until 2018) 2023
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19268561.v1
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Summary:This present report was prepared by the Planning Group on Northeast Atlantic Pelagic Ecosystem Surveys (PGNAPES) in Hirtshals, Denmark, from 19–22 August 2008 and contains the results of the acoustic, hydrographic, plankton and fish sampling from two international ICES coordinated survey in 2008. The International blue whiting spawning stock survey on the spawning grounds west of the British Isles in March‐April 2008 with participation of Dutch, Irish Norway, Faroes, and Russia, and International ecosystem survey in the Nordic Seas with main focus on Norwegian spring‐spawning herring and blue whiting in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea in May‐June 2008 with participation of Denmark (EU coordinated), Faroes, Iceland; Russia and Norway. In addition the scientific study of mackerel was performed in the Norwegian Sea in the July‐August with the chartered commercial vessels. The survey results include the distribution and the biomass estimate of spawning blue whiting in March‐April west of the British Isles, and ...