IMARES, Discard Sampling Pelagic Fishery (2002-)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Wageningen Marine Research, IJmuiden |
| Country | Netherlands  |
| Project | Discard Sampling Pelagic Fishery(DISP) |
| Time period | Pelagic fish sampling on board of commercial trawlers. 2002 onwards. |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | The sampling is carried out in the North Sea and NE Atlantic, depending on where the trawlers fish. Some sampling has been done in Mauretanian waters. |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Fish morphology, age and physiology; Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed; Fish taxonomy-related counts |
| Instruments | Pelagic trawl nets; balances and scales; rulers |
| Description | |
| Summary | The project aims to get an overview of the amount of fish that is caught on board of commercial vessels but is not landed. |
| Originators | Wageningen Marine Research, IJmuiden |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Wageningen Marine Research, IJmuiden |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Ingeborg de Boois |
| Address | Wageningen Marine Research, IJmuiden |
| Telephone | +31 317480900 |
| Facsimile | +31 317487326 |
| ingeborg.deboois@wur.nl | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Oceanographic Data Committee |
| Local identifier | IMARES_5760005 |
| Global identifier | 4802 |
| Last revised | 2011-02-24 |
