Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Felucca (45FE) |
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Cruise identifier | BFAS2015 |
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Cruise period | 2015-07-15 — 2015-07-31 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Killybegs, Ireland |
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Port of return | Killybegs, Ireland |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Objectives
- Collect integrated and calibrated acoustic data on boarfish (Capros aper) aggregations within the pre-determined survey area.
- Determine the biomass and abundance of boarfish within the survey area.
- Collect biological samples from directed trawling on insonified echotraces to determine age structure and maturity state of survey stock as well as to identify echotrace to species.
- Determine the extent and behaviour of boarfish aggregations within the survey area to aid the design of future surveys.
- Dovetail with the RV Celtic Explorer in the northern area to ensure close spatiotemporal alignment and synoptic coverage. |
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Chief scientist | Ciaran O'Donnell (Marine Institute Galway) |
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Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
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NPRC | (0.24 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Celtic Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Shelf edge west of UK and Ireland |