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FS Alkor AL215

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FS Alkor (06A6)
Cruise identifierAL215
Cruise period2003-01-06 — 2003-01-22
StatusCompleted
Port of departureKiel, Germany
Port of returnKiel, Germany
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesThe cruise was part of the ICES International Herring Larvae Survey. Gear used is a plankton sampler (Nackthai). The samples were taken on a standard grid (stations 10 nm apart). Additional sampling was intended to get information on vertical and horizontal stratification of zoo and ichthyoplankton. For this purpose, a multiple plankton net (Messhai) and an optical sampling device (ichthyoplankton recorder IPR) were used.
Chief scientistNobert Rohlf (Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel)
ProjectInternational Herring Larvae Survey
Coordinating bodyInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
NPRCFS Alkor AL215 NPRC alkor_al215.pdf (0.04 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificNorth Sea between 49deg 35’N and 53deg N and from 1deg 30’W - 4deg 30’E