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Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS) 16 June - 30 July, 2016
O'Donnell, C. Nolan, C. Johnson, G. O'Malley, M. Mullins, E. Keogh, N. O'Callaghan, S. Keogh, H. Grassie, A. Nicholas, S.
O'Donnell, C.
Nolan, C.
Johnson, G.
O'Malley, M.
Mullins, E.
Keogh, N.
O'Callaghan, S.
Keogh, H.
Grassie, A.
Nicholas, S.
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2016
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Marine Instiute
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The WESPAS survey program is the consolidation of two existing survey programs carried out by FEAS. The Main Shelf herring acoustic survey has been carried out annually since 2008 and reports on the annual abundance of summer feeding aggregations of herring to the west of Scotland and north of Ireland from 54N to 59N. The boarfish survey has been carried out since 2011using a chartered fishing vessel and reports on the abundance of spawning aggregations of boarfish 47N to 57N. In 2016 both surveys were combined and carried out onboard the RV Celtic Explorer over a 42 day period providing synoptic coverage of shelf waters from 59N southwards to 47N.
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O'Donnell, C., Nolan, C., Johnson, G., O'Malley, M., Mullins, E., Keogh, N., O'Callaghan, S., Keogh, H., Grassie, A. and Nicholas, S. (2016). Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS) 16 June - 30 July, 2016. FEAS Survey Series: 2016/02. Marine Institute