RV Cefas Endeavour 02/18
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cefas Endeavour (74E9) |
| Cruise identifier | 02/18 |
| Cruise period | 2018-01-14 — 2018-01-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Aims
1. Conducting an integrated monitoring survey of the 'UK South offshore' sea area (from the Working Group on Integrated Assessments of the North Sea) AKA 'North Sea Norfolk Banks' stratum. 2. Conducting a characterisation / baseline monitoring survey of part of the Swallow Sand MCZ. Narrative Cefas Endeavour was mobilised for survey in advance of sailing on the evening high water tide of 14th January 2018. Survey objectives commenced for part 1 of the expedition, in improving weather conditions, with acoustic data acquisition at the first of nine time series stations. Fishing operations were restricted to daylight and operations were conducted in accordance with weather and processing requirements in mind. The scheduled personnel transfer was safely conducted on the 26th Jan. 2018, into Grimsby. Part 2 of the expedition comprised a sediment sampling survey at the Swallow Sand MCZ. All target stations were successfully sampled and the vessel was demobilised in the Lowestoft Quay on the morning of the 30th Jan 2018. |
| Chief scientist | Ian David Holmes (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory), Paul McIlwaine (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.75 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.51 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Southern North Sea |
