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RV Dana 07/2019

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Dana (26D4)
Cruise identifier07/2019
Cruise period2019-05-02 — 2019-05-31
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHirtshals Havn, Denmark
Port of returnHirtshals Havn, Denmark
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesInternational Ecosystem survey in the Nordic Seas in May 2019

This survey is carried out in order to investigate distribution and migrations of the Atlanto-Scandian herring, blue whiting and other pelagic fish, and to produce a biomass index for herring and a recruitment index for blue whiting for the Working Group on Widely Distributed stocks (WGWIDE). Furthermore hydrographic conditions and plankton abundance in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters are monitored in order to investigate distribution and migration of herring and other pelagic fishes are influenced by environmental conditions.

This survey was coordinated with Norway as an international survey with participation of Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands and the EU, where the Danish R/V Dana conducted the EU survey part. With the exceptions of 2002 and 2003 the survey is carried out since 1997 with participation of EU countries together with Norway, Russia, Iceland and the Faeroese Islands.
Chief scientistKarl-Johan Staehr (Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources), Matthias H F Kloppmann (Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Bremerhaven)
Cruise reportRV Dana 07/2019 cruise report dana_07_2019.pdf (0.81 MB) 
NPRCRV Dana 07/2019 NPRC dana_07_2019.pdf (0.17 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Norwegian Sea