Atlantic mackerel and horse mackerel egg survey 2013: Dutch participation

In 2013 the international Atlantic mackerel and horse mackerel egg survey was performed. This year the entire spawning area was sampled by 10 institutes from 9 different countries: Faeröer Islands, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain and The Netherlands. Sampling started in February along the Portuguese coast and continued until July west of Scotland. The Dutch institute IMARES participated in the survey in May and June on board ‘RV Tridens’. IMARES covered the area of the Northern Bay of Biscay and Southern Celtic Sea once each month.