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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Western Channel sole and plaice 2020/21 - Fisheries Science Partnership</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">series</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=009_CEFAS0eb55ef0-27f3-4ba0-a818-ee72980bb0e3</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">One of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) survey series of Western 
Channel sole and plaice. The survey&#x2019;s main aim is to show trends in the 
distribution, abundance and age composition of sole (*Solea solea*) and 
plaice (*Pleuronectes platessa*), and to provide some information on bycatch 
species. At each station sampled, shot and haul, positional, depth and times 
information were recorded, and for all species of fish and shellfish length 
distribution data were taken. Otoliths were collected from sole and plaice to 
provide individual age at length information.Due to the 2020 COVID pandemic, 
the commencement of the survey was delayed until November as it could not take 
place at the time it usually occurs (August/September), and the collection of 
length distribution data had to be restricted to sole and plaice only.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20211126 20211125</dc:date>
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