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Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS) 06 June - 21 July, 2017
O’Donnell, C. O’Malley, M. Mullins, E. Lynch, D. Keogh, N. O’Sullivan, C.
O’Donnell, C.
O’Malley, M.
Mullins, E.
Lynch, D.
Keogh, N.
O’Sullivan, C.
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2017
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Marine Institute
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The WESPAS survey program is the consolidation of two existing survey programs
carried out by FEAS. The Malin 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 to the north and west of Ireland from 54°N
to 58°30’N. The boarfish survey was carried out from 2011 using a chartered fishing
vessel and reports on the abundance of spawning aggregations of boarfish from 47°N
to 57°N. 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 47°N
northwards to 58°30’N.
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O'Donnell, C., O’Malley, M., Mullins, E., Lynch, D., Keogh, N., and O'Sullivan, C. (2017). Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS) 06 June - 21 July, 2017. FEAS Survey Series: 2017/03. Marine Institute