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Tridens wk 51 2013

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Tridens (64T2)
Cruise identifierwk 51 2013
Cruise period2013-12-16 — 2013-12-19
StatusCompleted
Port of departureScheveningen, Netherlands
Port of returnScheveningen, Netherlands
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesThe cruise is part of the ICES coordinated herring larvae surveys, which are carried out in September/October and December/January. The survey covers the southern North Sea. In each ICES rectangle, 9 double oblique hauls are made with the Gulf VII plankton torpedo with mounted CTD. The Gulf VII is fitted with a 20 cm diameter conical nose and a standard net of 280 μm mesh size. All larvae data are stored in a central database at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences.
Chief scientistCindy J G van Damme (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, IJmuiden)
NPRCTridens wk 51 2013 NPRC tridens_20131216.pdf (1.22 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel
North Sea
SpecificSouthern North Sea and English Channel (between 49 and 52N)
Track chartsTridens wk 51 2013 cruise track — tridens_20131216trk.pdf (0.17 MB)