West Freezer SCANS II
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | West Freezer (26WF) |
| Cruise identifier | SCANS II |
| Cruise period | 2005-06-29 — 2005-07-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The objective of the SCANS survey is to estimate small cetacean abundance in European Atlantic waters. SCANS I in 1994 focussed on the North Sea and adjacent waters, while SCANS II had a broader scope including all Europeans territorial waters. Both surveys were a combination of line transect shipboard and aerial surveys. They were financed by the EU commission LIFE programme as well as the countries involved in the project. The information on cetacean abundance is essential to assess the impact of bycatch in fishing gear and other anthropogenic threats and as input to management actions to ensure the favourable conservation status of small cetacean species. |
| Chief scientist | Philip Hammond (University of St Andrews, School of Biology, Sea Mammal Research Unit) |
| Cruise report |  (0.96 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.20 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Northern North Sea delimited by the Orkneys and Shetland and the Norwegian coast and bounded by 2°15’37 W and 6°55’23 E longitude, and 62°10’18 N and 57°37’2 N latitude. |
