RV Dana 02/2019
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Dana (26D4) |
| Cruise identifier | 02/2019 |
| Cruise period | 2019-02-07 — 2019-02-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Hirtshals Havn, Denmark |
| Port of return | Hirtshals Havn, Denmark |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) for the North Sea for the first quarter of 2019.
Objectives To determine the distribution and relative abundance of pre-recruits of the main commercial species (cod, haddock, whiting, Norway pout, saithe, herring, sprat and mackerel) with a view of deriving recruitment indices To monitor changes in the stocks of commercial fish species independently of commercial fisheries data To monitor the distribution and relative abundance of all fish species and selected invertebrates To collect data for the determination of biological parameters for selected species To collect hydrographical and environmental information To determine the distribution of in particular herring and sprat larvae |
| Chief scientist | Kai Wieland (Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources) |
| Project | ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) |
| Coordinating body | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
| Cruise report |  (0.64 MB) |
| NPRC | (1.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
