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Celtic Explorer CE19010

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Celtic Explorer (45CE)
Cruise identifierCE19010
Cruise period2019-06-13 — 2019-07-22
StatusCompleted
Port of departureGalway, Ireland
Port of returnGalway, Ireland
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesWESPAS 2019. This survey forms part of a larger effort surveying the biomass of herring along the Malin Shelf in collaboration with Marine Scotland as well as international partners in the North Sea. Information from these surveys are used in the stock assessment process as a fishery independent measure of stock abundance.
Chief scientistCiaran O'Donnell (Marine Institute Galway)
NPRCCeltic Explorer CE19010 NPRC celticexplorer_ce19010.pdf (0.57 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralCeltic Sea
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificWest of UK and Ireland ( Celtic Sea, Hebridean Shelf and Slope, Malin Shelf)