Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Baragutt (58BI) |
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Cruise identifier | 2011813 |
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Cruise period | 2011-06-28 — 2011-07-18 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Unknown, Norway |
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Port of return | Unknown, Norway |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Collect sighting information for estimating abundance of whales, especially minke whales, as part of a long term survey program to cover the Northeast Atlantic over the years 2008-2013. Vessel cruising on tracklines (transects) with dedicated observers looking for whales. Data collected are: Species, position, position relative to vessel, weather data and other covariates. There will also be conducted experiments on whale observer's judgments of distance with the help of ordinary buoys at 1-2 nautical miles distance. No fish sampling is involved. |
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Chief scientist | Nils Øien (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) |
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NPRC | (0.12 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Barents Sea Norwegian Sea |
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Specific | Norwegian Coast (62°00'N - 73°00'N, 10°00'W- 28°00'E) |