Table 1. Survey year, vessel used, institution in charge (NIFA: Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture, IMR: Institute of Marine Research), departure date, number of survey days and number of stations sampled.

Year	Institute	Vessel	Dep. Date	Nr. days	Nr.stations
1992	NIFA	M/T Gargia	02. May	29	176
1993	NIFA	R/V Jan Mayen	22. April	20	141
1994	NIFA	R/V Jan Mayen	25. April	22	112
1995	NIFA	R/V Jan Mayen	18. April	20	125
1996	NIFA	R/V Jan Mayen	15. April	20	141
1997	NIFA	R/V Jan Mayen	19. April	22	91
1998	NIFA	R/V Jan Mayen	19. April	18	110
1999	NIFA	R/V Jan Mayen	15. April	15	97
2000	NIFA	R/V Jan Mayen	18. April	19	123
2001	NIFA	R/V Jan Mayen	21. April	15	90
2002	IMR	R/V Jan Mayen	16. April	17	107
2003	IMR	R/V Jan Mayen	14. April	21	109
2004	IMR	R/V Jan Mayen	12. April	21	127