Tridens wk 31-37 2018
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Tridens (64T2) |
| Cruise identifier | wk 31-37 2018 |
| Cruise period | 2018-07-30 — 2018-09-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
| Port of return | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
| Purpose | Research |
| 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. This survey aims at estimating the recruitment of a number of commercial fish species, such as plaice, sole, cod, dab, turbot, brill, lemon sole. Also benthos will be collected to study biodiversity. During the survey also hydrographical data are collected by using Seabird CTD downcasts. |
| Chief scientist | Ingeborg J de Boois (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, IJmuiden) |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| NPRC |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Southern and Central North Sea |
