International Blue Whiting Spawning Stock Survey Spring 2008

• Main Authors: Marine Institute, Institute of Marine Research, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, PINRO, Faroese Fisheries Laboratory, Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies, FRS Marine Laboratory, Federal Research Institute for Fisheries, Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Institute 2008
• Subjects: Faroe Islands; Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10793/698; http://catalog.marine.ie/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home

Use the URI link below to search the Marine Institute Data Discovery Catalogue for datasets relevant to this report. In spring 2008, five research vessels representing the Faroe Islands, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Russia surveyed the spawning grounds of blue whiting west of the British Isles. International co-operation allows for wider and more synoptic coverage of the stock and more rational utilisation of resources than uncoordinated national surveys. The survey was the fifth coordinated international blue whiting spawning stock survey since mid-1990s. The primary purpose of the survey was to obtain estimates of blue whiting stock abundance in the main spawning grounds using acoustic methods as well as to collect hydrographic information. Results of all the surveys are also presented in national reports (F. Nansen: Oganin et al. 2008; Celtic Explorer: O’Donnell et al. 2008; M. Heinason: Jacobsen et al. 2008; Tridens: Ybema et al. 2008). This report is based on a workshop held after the international survey in Kaliningrad, 23-25/4/2008 where the data were analysed and the report written. Parts of the document were worked out through correspondence during and after the workshop.