Felucca BFAS2015
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Felucca (45FE) |
| Cruise identifier | BFAS2015 |
| Cruise period | 2015-07-15 — 2015-07-31 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Killybegs, Ireland |
| Port of return | Killybegs, Ireland |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Objectives
- Collect integrated and calibrated acoustic data on boarfish (Capros aper) aggregations within the pre-determined survey area. - Determine the biomass and abundance of boarfish within the survey area. - Collect biological samples from directed trawling on insonified echotraces to determine age structure and maturity state of survey stock as well as to identify echotrace to species. - Determine the extent and behaviour of boarfish aggregations within the survey area to aid the design of future surveys. - Dovetail with the RV Celtic Explorer in the northern area to ensure close spatiotemporal alignment and synoptic coverage. |
| Chief scientist | Ciaran O'Donnell (Marine Institute Galway) |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| NPRC |  (0.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Celtic Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Shelf edge west of UK and Ireland |
