Kings Bay 2018826
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Kings Bay (58KA) |
| Cruise identifier | 2018826 |
| Cruise period | 2018-07-04 — 2018-07-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bergen, Norway |
| Port of return | Bergen, Norway |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS). The application includes two chartered fishing vessels from Norway for scientific surveys to be conducted during the annual international mackerel-ecosystem survey in summer. The major aim is abundance estimation with precision estimates of Northeast Atlantic (NEA) mackerel. Secondary aim is abundance estimation of Atlantic blue whiting and Norwegian spring-spawning herring, thereby establishing new fishery independent indices on abundance to be used in the assessment of these stocks. An important objective is also to understand the Norwegian Sea ecosystem and especially the distribution, migration, feeding and spatial overlap of important pelagic planktivorous species (mackerel, herring and blue whiting) in relation to hydrography, plankton and top predators. |
| Chief scientist | Leif Nøttestad (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) |
| NPRC |  (2.83 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
