Foyle Fisher 2016
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Foyle Fisher (4544) |
| Cruise identifier | 2016 |
| Cruise period | 2016-04-04 — 2016-04-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Dunmore East, Ireland |
| Port of return | Dunmore East, Ireland |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Catch comparison trial using twin-rig whitefish trawls to compare the retention properties of:
- Experimental knotted PE T90 mesh in the codend/ extension piece with 80mm mesh size (nominal). Two test gears with circumference of either 60 or 80 meshes in both extension piece and codend. - Control/ standard (diamond mesh) 80mm mesh size codend (nominal) 120 mesh. circumference. |
| Chief scientist | Daragh Browne (Irish Sea Fisheries Board, Galway) |
| NPRC |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Celtic Sea |
| Specific | ICES areas VIIf and VIIg |
