MFV Enterprise 1006H

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	MFV Enterprise (74IC)
Cruise identifier	1006H
Cruise period	2006-07-03 — 2006-07-20
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Fraserburgh, United Kingdom
Port of return	Fraserburgh, United Kingdom
Purpose	Fisheries
Objectives	To conduct an acoustic survey to estimate the abundance and distribution of herring in the north western North Sea and west of Scotland (ICES area VIa(N) as part of the ICES International North Sea Herring Acoustic Survey.
Chief scientist	Frederick Armstrong (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Project	International North Sea Herring Acoustic Survey
Coordinating body	ICES
Ocean/sea areas
General	Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Specific	Inland sea off the West coast of Scotland and NE Atlantic
Measurements
Biology and fisheries
Pelagic fish	Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: Pelagic trawls for herring
Acoustic reflection on marine organisms.	Quantity: data volume in gigabytes = 20 Description: GB of acoustic data at 38, 120 and 200 kHz