This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the International Young Fish
Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: YFS);
Surveys around the British Isles (predominantly the South and East coasts)
were completed in late August/early September from 1981 to 2010, to evaluate
the recruitment of Sole and Plaice as well collect data on the abundance of
small fish. Station, catch, length (all fish species and some crustaceans) and
biological data (Sole and Plaice) were collected.
Survey took place between 28/08/1993 and 23/09/1993 on South coast YFS
Equipment used during this survey :
- 1.5 metre push net with tickler chain
- Beam Trawl 2m shrimp net fryma liner 3 chains x
Survey operations were undertaken on 176 stations
51 different species were caught on this survey