Tridens wk 04 2014
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Tridens (64T2) |
| Cruise identifier | wk 04 2014 |
| Cruise period | 2014-01-19 — 2014-01-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Scheveningen, Netherlands |
| Port of return | Scheveningen, Netherlands |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The 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 scientist | Cindy J G van Damme (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, IJmuiden) |
| Project | ICES International Herring Larvae Survey |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| NPRC |  (1.42 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Specific | Southern North Sea and English Channel (between 49 and 53N) |
| Track charts | (0.18 MB) |
