Thalassa IBTS16
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Thalassa (35HT) |
| Cruise identifier | IBTS16 |
| Cruise period | 2016-01-19 — 2016-02-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Brest, France |
| Port of return | Boulogne, France |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey - Evaluations in Community fisheries management.
In addition to the work done for the IBTS programme, the following is carried out 1. An acoustic prospection in the Channel 2. A study on fish spwaning areas using the Continuous Underwater Fish Eggs Sampler device (CUFES), 3. A species-specific winter abundance and distribution of the winter planktonic community (phyto- and zooplankton) 4. A monitoring study on the structure and distribution of the benthic macro invertebrate communities. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17600/16002100 |
| Chief scientist | Yves Verin (IFREMER Channel and North Sea Centre) |
| Project | ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| NPRC |  (0.58 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Specific | Southern North Sea and Eastern English Channel |
