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FS Alkor AL311

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FS Alkor (06A6)
Cruise identifierAL311
Cruise period2008-01-03 — 2008-01-20
StatusCompleted
Port of departureKiel, Germany
Port of returnKiel, Germany
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesThe cruise was part of the ICES International Herring Larvae Survey 2008. Gear used is a plankton sampler (Nackthai). The samples were taken on a standard grid (stations 10 nm apart). Additional sampling was intended to get information on vertical and horizontal stratification of zoo and ichthyoplankton. For this purpose, a multiple plankton net (Messhai) and an optical sampling device (ichthyoplankton recorder IPR) were used.
Chief scientistJörn Schmidt (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel (West Shore Campus))
ProjectInternational Herring Larvae Survey
Coordinating bodyInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
NPRCFS Alkor AL311 NPRC alkor_al311.pdf (0.26 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificNorth Sea between 49°35'N and 53° N and from 001°30'W to 004°30'E