North Sea Plankton Survey - RV Cirolana 04/99

This survey was conducted in July 1999 in the North Sea with the aim of determining the distribution and abundance of edible crab larvae in relation to fishing grounds and seabed sediments. Data was collected from a total of 141 plankton stations on the main sampling grid between latitudes 52° 30'N to 55° 15'N. The finer scale plankton grid consisted of 58 stations between Flamborough and the north Norfolk coast. This data consists of the numbers of crab larvae (and mackerel eggs), along with associated positional data and volumes filtered.