NAFO SC Studies No. 46 (2014)

Protocols of the EU bottom trawl survey of
Flemish Cap

 Antonio Vázquez¹, José Miguel Casas² and Ricardo Alpoim³

¹Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Muelle de Bouzas, Vigo, Spain,
Email: avazquez@iim.csic.es

²Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Apdo. 1552, 36200 Vigo, Spain,
Email: mikel.casas@vi.ieo.es

³Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera. Av. Brasília, 1400 Lisboa, Portugal,
Email: ralpoim@ipma.pt

Vázquez, A., J. Miguel Casas, R. Alpoim. 2014. Protocols of the EU bottom trawl survey of Flemish Cap. NAFO Scientific Council Studies, 46: 1–42. doi:10.2960/S.v46.m1

Abstract

Methods and procedures used in the EU bottom trawl survey of Flemish Cap (NAFO Division 3M) are described in detail. The objectives of publicizing these protocols are to achieve a better understanding of its results, and to contribute to the routines being unaltered.

Keywords: bottom trawl, survey, Flemish Cap