FFS Walther Herwig III 368
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FFS Walther Herwig III (06NI) |
| Cruise identifier | 368 |
| Cruise period | 2013-09-18 — 2013-09-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Port of return | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The cruise is part of the ICES co-ordinated International Herring Larvae Surveys (IHLS) in 2013/14. The main aim is to estimate the distribution and abundance of North Sea herring larvae for assessment purposes. The area of investigation is around the Orkney and Shetland Islands. The larvae samples are taken on a standard grid with a Station to Station distance of approx. 10 nm. Used gear is a modified GULF III plankton sampler (Nackthai). On eleven stations, additions samples were collected to enable herring larvae stomach content analyses. |
| Chief scientist | Nobert Rohlf (Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg) |
| Project | ICES International Herring Larvae Survey |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| Cruise report |  (0.23 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Northeast coast of Scotland (ICES area IVa). |
| Track charts | (0.17 MB) |
