SLU, Bias, 2020
Last changed: 17 February 2020
Expedition: Bias, Baltic International Acoustic Survey
Time period: September 28th to October 15th
Start: Västervik, Sweden
End: Ystad, Sweden
Organization: SLU, Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua)
Coordinator: Niklas Larson, SLU Aqua
Contact: +46(0)10-478 40 33; niklas.larson@slu.se
Area: The Baltic Sea and the Bothnian Sea
About the expedition: Bias is performed annualy in September or October and is an international undertaking coordinated by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (Ices). In the expedition the amounts of herring and sprat in the seas are measured using trawl fishing, sonars and echo sounders.