Celtic Explorer CE15005
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Celtic Explorer (45CE) |
| Cruise identifier | CE15005 |
| Cruise period | 2015-03-22 — 2015-04-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Galway, Ireland |
| Port of return | Galway, Ireland |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Blue whiting acoustic stock survey (BWAS). Determine the relative abundance and age structure of blue whiting spawning aggregations to the West of Ireland and Scotland as part of the Internationally coordinated spawning stock survey. |
| Chief scientist | Ciaran O'Donnell (Marine Institute Galway) |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| NPRC |  (0.29 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Rockall Trough, Continental Shelf and Hebridean Shelf and Slope. |
