Tridens wk 34-37 2015
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Tridens (64T2) |
| Cruise identifier | wk 34-37 2015 |
| Cruise period | 2015-08-17 — 2015-09-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
| Port of return | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To participate in the ICES coordinated Beam Trawl Survey, to obtain a fishery-independent estimate of the intensity of the most common age-groups of plaice and sole in the North Sea (Stock assessment) and information on the distribution of demersal fish and macrozoobenthos in the North Sea.
Survey aims to estimate the recruitment of a number of commercial fish species, such as plaice, sole, cod, dab, turbot, brill, lemon sole. Also benthos will be collected to study biodiversity. Hydrographical data are also collected during the survey using Seabird CTD downcasts. |
| Chief scientist | Ingeborg J de Boois (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, IJmuiden) |
| NPRC |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
