2014 - 2014 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Western Channel sole and plaice 2014/15 - Fisheries Science Partnership

One of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) survey series of Western Channel sole and plaice. The survey’s main aim is to show trends in the distribution, abundance and age composition of sole ( *Solea solea* ) and plaice ( *Pleuronectes platessa* ), and to provide some information on bycatch species. At each station sampled, shot and haul, positional, depth and times information were recorded, and for all species of fish and shellfish length distribution data were taken. Otoliths were collected from sole and plaice to provide individual age at length information.本数据集为英吉利海峡西部欧洲鳎（*Solea solea*）与欧洲鲽（*Pleuronectes platessa*）渔业科学合作项目（Fisheries Science Partnership, FSP）系列调查之一。本次调查的核心目标为阐明欧洲鳎与欧洲鲽的分布格局、资源丰度及年龄组成的动态趋势，并提供兼捕渔获物种的相关信息。在每个采样站位开展渔具投放与起捕作业时，均记录了采样位置、水深与时间信息；同时采集所有鱼类及贝类物种的体长分布数据。研究人员同步从欧洲鳎与欧洲鲽的样本中提取耳石（Otoliths），以获取对应体长的个体年龄信息。