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| Plenty of brittle stars with the beam trawl fitted with a blinder - who would have thought of fitting such a devious device?!! |
They have 9 scientists on the survey; Sven, Ian, Rob, Joana, Leah, Paul, Dave , James and Jo. James will be doing some plankton work into the late evening and helping in the fish room during the day. Cefas Endeavour is currently working in the Western English Channel. The survey is using two 4m beams, one with a blinder in (a small 20 mm net, which sits inside the cod end) and the other rigged commercially.