RV Celtic Voyager CV13004
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Celtic Voyager (45CV) |
| Cruise identifier | CV13004 |
| Cruise period | 2013-03-27 — 2013-04-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Cork, Ireland |
| Port of return | Cork, Ireland |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | De Facto elasmobranch refuges in the Irish and Celtic Seas.
1. Collect fine-scale data on shark and ray biology in the refuge area. 2. Identify hotspots of abundance, particularly of juveniles. 3. Describe the benthic habitat using a Day Grab. 4. Synthesise data to support mathematical models of population structure. |
| Chief scientist | Samuel Shephard (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Marine and Freshwater Research Centre) |
| NPRC |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Celtic Sea |
| Specific | St. George's Channel. |
