Celtic Explorer CE17011
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Celtic Explorer (45CE) |
| Cruise identifier | CE17011 |
| Cruise period | 2017-07-07 — 2017-07-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Galway, Ireland |
| Port of return | Galway, Ireland |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | ICES International Pelagic Survey. This survey forms part of a larger effort surveying the biomass of herring along the Malin Shelf in collaboration with Marine Scotland as well as international partners in the North Sea. Information from these surveys are used in the stock assessment process as a fishery independent measure of stock abundance. |
| Chief scientist | Ciaran O'Donnell (Marine Institute Galway) |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| NPRC |  (0.56 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Celtic Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | West of Scotland and Ireland (Malin Shelf) and the Celtic Sea |
