Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Tridens (64T2) |
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Cruise identifier | wk 12-15 2011 |
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Cruise period | 2011-03-23 — 2011-04-15 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Unknown, Netherlands |
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Port of return | Unknown, Netherlands |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | ICES International Blue Whiting Survey. Estimate the spawning stock abundance of Blue Whiting using acoustic methods. A pelagic trawl (5600 meshes), fitted out with an inner codend of 20 mm meshes, will be used for identifying the echotraces. |
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Chief scientist | Sascha M Fassler (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, IJmuiden) |
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Project | ICES International Blue Whiting Survey |
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Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
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NPRC | (0.94 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Continental shelf to the west of the UK and Ireland |