RV Johan Hjort 2011210
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Johan Hjort (58J3) |
| Cruise identifier | 2011210 |
| Cruise period | 2011-06-28 — 2011-07-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Unknown, Norway |
| Port of return | Unknown, Norway |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Quality control of trawls. Combined IBTS (International Bottom Trawl Survey) and acoustic stock assessment survey for collecting data, respectively demersal fish, herring sprat and saithe. Oceanographic sections Hanstholm-Aberdeen and Utsira-Start Point. Data on hydrography, nutrients, plankton, herring and sprat larvae. Process studies examining life history dynamics of fish larvae. The cruise also included surveys of the level of environmental toxins (from oil) in fish. Gill samples of saithe for genetic analysis. |
| Chief scientist | Irene Huse (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| NPRC |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Northern North Sea |
