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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Inshore longline fisheries in the Southern North Sea 2019/20 - 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_CEFAS95e3e817-f0c8-480e-8ca3-b8693b00ebc8</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">This work was carried out as part of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) 
programme. The overall aims of this project were to examine i) the seasonal 
catch rates of fish taken in the southern North Sea demersal longline fishery; 
ii) catch composition of all discarded and retained fish; iii) vitality of 
commercially important skate and ray species, focusing on thornback ray 
*Raja**clavata*; iv) post-release behaviour and discard survival of 
discarded thornback ray through an electronic tagging programme.

On each occasion longlines were deployed, the positional information, soak 
times, and number of hooks/baths were recorded, and for all species of fish 
length distribution data were taken.

For electronically tagged fish the release date, release position and 
individual length, wing width, sex and maturity were recorded.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20201201 20201116</dc:date>
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