RV Belgica 2013-10
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Belgica (11BE) |
| Cruise identifier | 2013-10 |
| Cruise period | 2013-04-08 — 2013-04-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
| Port of return | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
Separate the two most important commercial flatfish species, sole and plaice, during the catching process and guide them to the appropriate cod‐end, small mesh for sole, large mesh for plaice. Develop methodology to determine the behaviour of seabirds on fishery discards. Collecting live fish. Testing acoustic device (Netmind) to determine net parameters. |
| Chief scientist | Jochen Depestele (Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Ostend) |
| Cruise report |  (0.19 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Southwestern North Sea |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
