Magnus Heinason 0724
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Magnus Heinason (26MH) |
| Cruise identifier | 0724 |
| Cruise period | 2007-03-29 — 2007-04-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Port of return | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Assess the spawning stock of blue whiting in March/April 2007 as part of the jOint international ICES coordinated PGNAPES survey on the spawning grounds west of the British Isles and Porcupine Bank. Four parties and six research vessels took part in the survey, coordinated by the Planning Group on Northeast Atlantic Pelagic Ecosystem Surveys (PGNAPES) at ICES. Results to be used in the assessment of blue whiting by the Northern Pelagic and Blue Whiting Working Group (NPBWWG) in August 2007. |
| Chief scientist | S Hjalti i Jakupsstovu (Faroese Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| NPRC |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Celtic Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | West of the UK and Ireland. Porcupine Bank. |
