Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | Tridens (64T2) |
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| Cruise identifier | wk 31-37 2017 |
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| Cruise period | 2017-07-31 — 2017-09-15 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
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| Port of return | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | Participate in the ICES coordinated Beam Trawl Survey, to obtain a fishery-independent estimate of the intensity of the most common age-groups of plaice and sole in the North Sea (Stock assessment) and information on the distribution of demersal fish and macro-zoobenthos in the North Sea. |
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| Chief scientist | Ingeborg J de Boois (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, IJmuiden) |
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| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
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| NPRC | (0.10 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Specific | Southern and central North Sea. |