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FFS Walther Herwig III 290

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FFS Walther Herwig III (06NI)
Cruise identifier290
Cruise period2006-07-17 — 2006-08-15
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBremerhaven, Germany
Port of returnBremerhaven, Germany
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesObjectives

1. International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS, 3rd Quarter) for fish stocks estimates and German Small-scale Bottom Trawl Survey (GSBTS) to monitor the fish fauna
2. Biological monitoring in small areas
3. Physical oceanography
4. Chemical oceanography
5. Monitoring of zoobenthos
6. Registration of seabirds at sea, food uptake experiments
Chief scientistSiegfried Ehrich (Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, Hamburg)
ProjectICES International Bottom Trawl Survey
Coordinating bodyInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
NPRCFFS Walther Herwig III 290 NPRC waltherherwig_290.pdf (0.18 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea