The blog is an integral part of the larger Cefas web site and not easy to find navigating from the home page! Fishing survey work aboard the Endeavour is just one small aspect of the huge research programme that Cefas are involved with. A summary of their ongoing fisheries partnership programme can be accessed here:
- The English 3rd Quarter North Sea Groundfish Survey
- Irish Sea and Bristol Channel survey (September - October)
- Quarter 4 Westerly groundfish survey (November - December)
- The Eastern English Channel survey (August - September)
- Western English Channel beam trawl survey (September - October)
- North Sea young fish survey (August - September)
- Estimating spawning stock biomass using egg surveys
- Fisheries Science Partnership surveys
The blog is being compiled by the resident SIC (Scientist in Charge?) for each trip. During the current research voyage this job falls to Rob who is doing a good job chronicling both research and life aboard events at the end of each working day. the Cefas news team have promised to add a comments section to the blog which will enable followers to contact the research team at sea and put questions and thoughts directly to the scientists during the survey period.
This is a fantastic step forward for the scientific community in building a working relationship with the industry that it serves - so hats off to Cefas for this! The blog's home page is on the News section of the Cefas web site and includes an RSS feed. Through the Gaps has added a feed to Twitter so as soon as Rob on the ship blogs, Twitter will let you know!
This is a fantastic step forward for the scientific community in building a working relationship with the industry that it serves - so hats off to Cefas for this! The blog's home page is on the News section of the Cefas web site and includes an RSS feed. Through the Gaps has added a feed to Twitter so as soon as Rob on the ship blogs, Twitter will let you know!