- Resources
- Inventories
- Cruise inventory
- Report
- 16306
Den Hoope IRIS 2016/02
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Den Hoope (11IF) |
| Cruise identifier | IRIS 2016/02 |
| Cruise period | 2016-09-10 — 2016-09-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ostend, Belgium |
| Port of return | Ostend, Belgium |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Comparative fishing study with parallel hauls between the research vessel RV Endeavour (as used in the UK BTS) and a Belgian beam trawler.
A science-industry grid survey in the Irish Sea (from 53°N to 55°N). Modern stock identification techniques (i.e. genetic and micro-chemical fingerprinting and otolith shape analysis) will be performed on tissue (fin clips) and otoliths collected. Further develop the Fisheries-Science-Partnership (FSP). |
| Chief scientist | Unknown (Unknown) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
