Between Plymouth and Eddystone Lighthouse, western English Channel

Fish morphology, age and physiology; Fish abundance in water bodies; Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed; Fish taxonomy-related counts

Pelagic trawl nets

Trawl hauls on the Plymouth grounds (inside the Eddystone) have been identified to ca 130 species, usually with lengths. Data from 1913-1914 exist but have not been abstracted from notebooks. Data for 1919-1921, 1950- 1952 and 1976-1979 have been transferred to mainframe computer files. There are additional series from station L4 between 1951 to 1987; hauls taken several times a year. Some averaged data have been published (see Southward 1963, Southward and Boalch 1993)

Southward, A.J. (1963) The distribution of some plankton animals in the English Channel and Western Approaches. III. Theories about long term biological changes, including fish., Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK, 43(1): 1-29.; Southward, A.J. (1981) Overfishing: is there a solution?, Nature 291 (5815): 449-450.; Southward, A.J. and Boalch, G.T. (1994) The effect of changing climate on marine life: past events and future predictions., Exeter Maritime Studies 9: 101–143.

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Citadel Hill
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 2PB
United Kingdom