Atlantic mackerel and horse mackerel egg survey: Dutch participation May and June 2010

Every three years an international Atlantic survey is carried out by different European institutes to monitor the spatial and seasonal distribution of Atlantic mackerel and horse mackerel. During this survey mackerel and horse mackerel eggs are sampled using a plankton torpedo or bongo nets. The survey covers the whole spawning area and season. It starts along the Portuguese coast in February and continues until July when the waters west of Scotland are sampled. The mackerel and horse mackerel egg survey is coordinated by the ICES working group for mackerel and horse mackerel egg surveys (WGME... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van Damme, C.J.G.
Bakker, C.
Dokumenttyp: report
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Verlag/Hrsg.: IMARES
Schlagwörter: fish eggs / fisheries / fishery management / monitoring / reproductive behaviour / spawning / spawning season / trachurus trachurus / kuitschieten / periode van kuitschieten / visseneieren / visserij / visserijbeheer / voortplantingsgedrag
Sprache: Englisch
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Every three years an international Atlantic survey is carried out by different European institutes to monitor the spatial and seasonal distribution of Atlantic mackerel and horse mackerel. During this survey mackerel and horse mackerel eggs are sampled using a plankton torpedo or bongo nets. The survey covers the whole spawning area and season. It starts along the Portuguese coast in February and continues until July when the waters west of Scotland are sampled. The mackerel and horse mackerel egg survey is coordinated by the ICES working group for mackerel and horse mackerel egg surveys (WGMEGS). England and France started the egg survey in the western area in 1977. The Netherlands participates since 1983. Nowadays participating countries and sampling area have expanded. In 2010 the following countries participated in this survey: Faeröer Islands, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain and The Netherlands.