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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">English Channel Whelk Biology Survey 2009/10 - Fisheries Science Partnership</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=009_CEFAS05c3cc8a-dedb-4299-85ca-046cdd058e34</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The fishing vessels *Tomkat of Selsey* and *Beachy Head* were chartered 
in September 2009 to carry out two potting surveys in the whelk (*Buccinum 
undatum*) fisheries in two areas off the Sussex coast in the eastern English 
Channel as part of the Fisheries Science Partnership programme 2009/10. The 
main objective was to investigate the population structure of whelks spread 
throughout the two survey areas, one off Selsey (West Sussex) and the other 
off Eastbourne (East Sussex). Additionally, samples of whelks were collected 
and a sampling programme initiated to determine various aspects of whelk 
reproductive cycle. Data are size distributions of whelks and estimates of 
catch numbers by station, station details and morphometric data with 
assignment of sexual maturity for individual whelks.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20131121 20120822</dc:date>
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