1948 - 1948 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Survey : LPLE/01/1948 (part of Historic Arctic Survey Series)

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the Historic Arctic Survey Series; *Gadus morhua* (Atlantic Cod) stocks in the Barents Sea are currently at levels not seen since the 1950s. Causes for the population increase last century, and understanding of whether such large numbers will be maintained in the future, are unclear. To explore this, we digitised and interrogated historical cod catch and diet datasets from the Barents Sea. Data includes temporal and spatial information, cod catch data and length distributions, and hydrographic data. Survey took place between 16/08/1948 and 30/08/1948 on Lord Plender Equipment used during this survey : - Otter Trawl 78ft Granton no cover Survey operations were undertaken on 63 stations 6 different species were caught on this survey