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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Bristol Channel Bass Selectivity 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_CEFASfa66b85d-c831-44ad-a259-f0ddf54026c5</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">This work was part of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP), a Defra-funded 
collaborative programme of scientific research between the UK fishing industry 
and scientists. Local trawlermen working in the Bristol Channel and the South 
Wales Sea Fisheries Committee suggested that square-mesh panels fitted into 
trawls used to catch bass could reduce discards of undersize bass. A trawl was 
modified to incorporate a square-mesh section and was tested on board the MFV 
Cerulean against a control trawl.

In August 2009, 46 hauls were conducted. Catches were sampled and video 
footage was taken of fish behaviour at the square-mesh section.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20161114 20121024</dc:date>
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