“Call me Ishmael.” Like Moby-Dick, this is half a story about my time aboard a ship and half about marine biology. Unlike Moby-Dick, the ship in this story doesn’t sink and there are no insane…

On 2 October, I set out on survey unlike any other I had undertaken to date. Up until now, our surveys had only taken us along the shores of Northern Ireland, with our feet remaining firmly on dry…

Following on from James’ adventure on the AFBI Nephrops survey, on 29 August I joined the scientists and crew of the RV Corystes for ten days of the herring stock assessment in the Irish Sea.