Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Jasmine (11JO) |
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Cruise identifier | IRIS2016 |
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Cruise period | 2016-09-15 — 2016-10-02 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
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Port of return | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Comparative fishing study with parallel hauls between the research vessel RV Endeavour (as used in the UK BTS) and a Belgian beam trawler.
A science-industry grid survey in the Irish Sea (from 53°N to 55°N).
Modern stock identification techniques (i.e. genetic and micro-chemical fingerprinting and otolith shape analysis) will be performed on tissue (fin clips) and otoliths collected.
Further develop the Fisheries-Science-Partnership (FSP). |
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Chief scientist | Kelle Moreau (Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Ostend) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Track charts | (0.05 MB) |