RV Johan Hjort 2019207
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Johan Hjort (58J3) |
| Cruise identifier | 2019207 |
| Cruise period | 2019-06-29 — 2019-08-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bergen, Norway |
| Port of return | Bergen, Norway |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. Internationally coordinated acoustic survey for herring and sprat in the North Sea and Skagerrak-Kattegat, coordinated by ICES (WGIPS) and including UK-Scotland, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, Norway, and Denmark; the purpose of which is to provide a tuning series for assessments of herring and sprat. 2. Acoustic survey of saithe, which is to provide a tuning index to be used in the assessment of North Sea saithe (used within ICES-WGNSSK). 3. Sampling for pollutants (POPs, PAH, radioactivity) from seawater, sediment, and organisms; carry out measurement of biomarkers; collect samples for safe seafood. |
| Chief scientist | Cecilie Kvamme (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) |
| NPRC |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Kattegat, Sound and Belts Skagerrak North Sea |
