From 4th to 14th March 2012 specialists of Fish Resources Research Department of the Institute “BIOR” in accordance with the Latvian National Fisheries Data Collection Programme carried out its part of the Baltic International Trawl Survey (BITS) in the Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian EEZ.
The survey took place on the rented research vessel “BALTICA” of the Polish Sea Fisheries Institute (MIR). 5 researchers of the Department participated to the survey. Hydroacoustic survey in bottom layer was carried out. Using the scientific trawl TV3 930 trawling in 27 tracks was made. During the survey fish samples were collected – biological analysis and length measurements of cod and plaice. Oceanographic data were collected in 35 stations, 14 samples of ichthyoplankton were collected.