FFS Walther Herwig III 349
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FFS Walther Herwig III (06NI) |
| Cruise identifier | 349 |
| Cruise period | 2011-12-02 — 2011-12-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Port of return | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | As part of the long-term monitoring programme of the vTI Institute of Fisheries Ecology on diseases and parasites of marine fish species and in the framework of the CHEMSEA project, studies were conducted in 7 Baltic Sea areas and 2 North Sea areas, the latter in the German EEZ of the wider German Bight.
In addition to the examination of dab (Limanda limanda), Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) and Baltic flounder (Platichthys flesus) for macroscopically visible external and internal diseases and parasites, extensive samples for the CHEMSEA project were taken for measurements on dumped chemical weapons and their biological effects. In particular, cod samples were taken for the CHEMSEA project in areas B09, B13 and B15. In addition, fish samples were frozen for the detection of contaminants (incl. radioactive substances) in the framework of national legislation (BLMP) and international monitoring programmes (HELCOM). Hydrographical measurements were carried out (water temperature, salinity, oxygen content, turbidity). |
| Chief scientist | Nicolai Fricke (Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg) |
| Cruise report |  (0.30 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.30 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Kattegat, Sound and Belts Baltic Sea North Sea |
