RV Corystes CO 45/05
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | CO 45/05 |
| Cruise period | 2005-11-06 — 2005-11-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. To estimate the production of larvae herring in the Irish Sea as part of the time series of biomass indices used by ICES for the assessment of Atlantic herring in VIIa (N). 2. To collect and fix zooplankton samples for recruitment studies. 3. To collect and fix herring larvae for otolith extraction and growth estimates. |
| Chief scientist | Steven Beggs (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Northern Irish Sea |
