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Brennholm 2013808

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Brennholm (58BQ)
Cruise identifier2013808
Cruise period2013-09-02 — 2013-09-12
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBergen, Norway
Port of returnBergen, Norway
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe cruise is part of a research project where the aim is to develop resource- and environmental friendly purse seine technology. Mainly the studies on this cruise include testing of new methodology for careful and gentle slipping of herring and filming of the herring during the process, taking samples of the herring in the purse seine during the hauls with the newly developed line thrower, measure sinking speed of the purse seine and testing of equipment attached to the purse seine during night hauls.
Chief scientistBjørnar Isaksen (Institute of Marine Research, Norway)
NPRCBrennholm 2013808 NPRC brennholm_2013808.pdf (0.36 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificNorthern North Sea (ICES areas IVa and IVb)