Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Foyle Fisher (4544) |
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Cruise identifier | 2016 |
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Cruise period | 2016-04-04 — 2016-04-11 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Dunmore East, Ireland |
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Port of return | Dunmore East, Ireland |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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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. |
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Chief scientist | Daragh Browne (Irish Sea Fisheries Board, Galway) |
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NPRC | (0.15 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Celtic Sea |
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Specific | ICES areas VIIf and VIIg |