RV Johan Hjort 2013204
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Johan Hjort (58J3) |
| Cruise identifier | 2013204 |
| Cruise period | 2013-05-01 — 2013-06-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bergen, Norway |
| Port of return | Kristiansund, Norway |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | First part of the cruise (1-31 May) was part of a joint international collaboration to monitor acoustically the abundance and distribution of Norwegian Spring Spawning herring and blue whiting in the Norwegian Sea. Second part of the cruise (31 May - 8 June) was a research effort to investigate overlap between herring larvae and mackerel and find out to which extent the larvae were important prey for mackerel. |
| Chief scientist | Aage Hoines (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| NPRC |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | Eastern Norwegian Sea |
