Irish Sea Annual Egg Production Method (AEPM) Plankton Survey - 2000

Between August 6th and September 6th 2000 a series of ichthyoplankton surveys were carried out in the Irish Sea by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland and the Department of the Marine to improve stock assessment by the egg production method. Target species were cod (Gadus morhua) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). The data described here consists of the numbers of fish eggs and larvae and zooplankton, along with associated positional and ancillary data and volumes filtered.