SISP 2 - Manual for the Midwater Ring Net sampling during IBTS Q1. Version 3.
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2017Corporate Author
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
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The Midwater Ring Net is at present the standard gear for sampling fish larvae during the North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey in the first quarter. Fish larvae sam-pling during the IBTS Q1 was initiated in 1977. During the period 1977–1991 an Issacs Kidd Midwater Trawl was used as the standard gear. When changing to the present ring net (which use a long two-legged bridle attachment as for the frame trawl de-scribed by R. D. Methot) the abbreviation for the new gear – MIK- was erroneously interpreted as an abbreviation of the names Methot, Isaacs and Kidd. This is not the case, and the present gear has only a passing resemblance to the gears described by R. D. Methot or Isaacs and Kidd. Hence the names to be used for the gear are either “MIK” or “Midwater Ring Net”.
The construction of the MIK is strong and robust because of the often harsh conditions in the first quarter period in the North Sea. Hence compared to the smaller conical nets traditionally utilized for plankton .....
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https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.c.6315609Publisher
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)Denmark, Copehagen
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Series of ICES Survey Protocols;SISP 2Document Language
enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.2Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)
Fish abundance and distributionMaturity Level
MatureSpatial Coverage
Greater North SeaDOI Original
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7578Citation
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (2017) SISP 2 - Manual for the Midwater Ring Net sampling during IBTS Q1. Version 3. Copenhagen, Denmark, ICES, 25pp. (Series of ICES Survey Protocols SISP 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7578The following license files are associated with this item: