1998 - 1998 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Survey : SOUT 1/98 (part of International Young Fish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: YFS))

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 29/08/1998 and 21/09/1998 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 165 stations 55 different species were caught on this survey