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The distribution of anchovyEngraulis encrasicolus in the northern Irish Sea from 1991 to 1999

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

M.J. Armstrong ,
M. Dickey-Collas ,
M. McAliskey ,
W.J. McCurdy ,
C.A. Burns  and
J.A.D. Peel
M.J. Armstrong
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Division, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX
M. Dickey-Collas
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, School of Biological Sciences, Port Erin Marine Laboratory, Isle of Man
M. McAliskey
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Division, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX
W.J. McCurdy
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Division, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX
C.A. Burns
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Division, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX
J.A.D. Peel
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Division, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX
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Abstract

Since 1995, research cruise catches of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus (Pisces: Engraulidae) have increased in the Irish Sea. Their distribution shows distinct seasonality with anchovy being found in the deeper waters of the western Irish Sea in the spring and spreading out into the eastern Irish Sea by summer and autumn. Their length distributions show two modes at 7–11 cm and 13–16 cm.

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SHORT COMMUNICATION
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 79 , Issue 5 , October 1999 , pp. 955 - 956
Copyright
© 1999 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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