Hegur 2011813
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Hegur (58HD) |
| Cruise identifier | 2011813 |
| Cruise period | 2011-06-28 — 2011-07-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Unknown, Norway |
| Port of return | Unknown, Norway |
| Purpose | Research |
| 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. |
| Chief scientist | Nils Øien (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) |
| NPRC |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
