Thor Chaser 8241
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Thor Chaser (SVTC) |
| Cruise identifier | 8241 |
| Cruise period | 2007-06-28 — 2007-07-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Port of return | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The objective of TNASS (Trans North Atlantic Sightings Survey) is to estimate absolute abundance of cetacean species in Northern North Atlantic waters to provide information that can be used in a management framework to recommend safe catch limits, both direct and indirect, for cetacean species which are subjected to aboriginal, direct or indirect catch in the Nordic areas. TNASS has contributors from Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Norway and Russia. |
| Chief scientist | Bjarni Mikkelsen (Faroe Museum of Natural History) |
| NPRC |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
