Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery Cruise 296, 2005.

These data record the results of processing otter trawl catches (OTSB14; Merrett & Marshall, 1980) from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC, UK) long-term study of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP), including the PAP-Sustained Observatory time-series. The data concern catches recovered during the RRS Discovery III Cruise 296, in 2005. Lampitt, R.S. et al. (2010). RSS Discovery Cruise 296, 14-23 Jul 2005. Cork, Eire to Lisbon, Portugal. PAP observatory development. Southampton, UK: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, 76pp. (National Oceanography Centre Southampton Cruise Report, No. 52).| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/d296.pdf