FFS Walther Herwig III 356
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FFS Walther Herwig III (06NI) |
| Cruise identifier | 356 |
| Cruise period | 2012-07-19 — 2012-08-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Port of return | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | This cruise covered fisheries research representing the German contribution to the International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) in quarter III, as well as one component of the two-ship operation in the German Small-scale Bottom Trawl Survey (GSBTS). Both surveys use the same principle fishing methods but at different spatial scales, applying a GOV bottom trawl, accompanied by hydrographic measurements, investigations of benthic epifauna and sediments.
A total of 144 stations were sampled in the wider German Bight, and in the central and northern North Sea. Besides the regular survey tasks, sampling was performed for stomach analyses of demersal fish species for the EU projects VECTORS and MYFISH (collaboration with Hamburg University). Benthos samples for stable isotope analyses were collected for the Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology. |
| Chief scientist | Anne Sell (Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg) |
| Project | International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| Cruise report |  (0.30 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | German Bight, central and northern North Sea |
