Magnus Heinason 1710
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Magnus Heinason (26MH) |
| Cruise identifier | 1710 |
| Cruise period | 2017-03-29 — 2017-04-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Port of return | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Joint investigations on blue whiting south of the Faroes and in the area west of the British Isles.
The main aims of this survey was to investigate the distribution and abundance of spawning and post-spawning blue whiting in the areas south of the Faroes, west of the British Isles and Porcupine Bank. Zooplankton and hydrographic data were collected along the cruise tracks. The cruise was part of the joint international blue whiting survey (IBWSS) on the spawning grounds west of the British Isles, the Porcupine Bank and the Rockall Bank. Four parties and five research vessels (see text table below) took part in the survey, coordinated by the Working Group of International Pelagic Surveys (WGIPS) in ICES (formerly WGNAPES). The results from all vessels combined will be used in the assessment of blue whiting by the Working Group on Widely Distributed Stocks (WGWIDE) in August 2017. |
| Chief scientist | Jan Arge Jacobsen (Faroe Marine Research Institute) |
| Project | ICES International Blue Whiting Survey |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| Cruise report |  (0.77 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.68 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Faroe-Shetland Channel |
