RV Belgica 2007-02
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Belgica (11BE) |
| Cruise identifier | 2007-02 |
| Cruise period | 2007-02-05 — 2007-02-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
| Port of return | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Cruise in the frame of the research project IDEV: Development of a long-term strategy for the Belgian fishing fleet with the aim of developing an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable fishery. The purpose of the cruise is to test environment friendly and fuel saving adaptations to the beam trawl. Alternative gears like the outrigger otter trawl will by tried as well. |
| Chief scientist | Hans Polet (RBINS Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Ostend) |
| NPRC |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Belgian, Dutch, French and UK Continental Shelves. |
