Results on Merluccius merluccius (hake), Lophius budegassa (black anglerfish) and Lophius piscatorius (white anglerfish), Lepidorhombus boscii (four-spot megrim) and Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim) from the 2021 Spanish Ground Fish Survey on the Porcupine bank (NE Atlantic)

Abstract

This working document presents the results of Merluccius merluccius (hake), Lophius budegassa (black anglerfish), Lophius piscatorius (white anglerfish), Lepidorhombus boscii (four-spot megrim) and Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim) caught on the Porcupine Spanish Groundfish Survey (SP-PORC-Q3) in 2021. Biomass, abundance, distribution and length frequency were analysed. Biomass indices of these target species increased in this last survey, except for L. piscatorius and recruitment increased for all of them, except for M. merluccius