Brennholm 2019836
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Brennholm (58BQ) |
| Cruise identifier | 2019836 |
| Cruise period | 2019-06-09 — 2019-06-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bergen, Norway |
| Port of return | Bergen, Norway |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The survey is designed to estimate the numbers of mackerel and horse mackerel eggs in the area and to then estimate the production of mackerel eggs. These data are combined with other surveys bing taken in adjacent areas and at adjacent times to estimate the total egg production of NE Atlantic mackerel In addition fecundity samples will be taken to estimate the potential numbers of eggs mackerel in this area can produce. These two pieces of data will be combined with data from the rest of the ICES coordinated international survey to estimate the size of the spawning stock biomass of NE Atlantic mackerel in 2019. |
| Chief scientist | Anders Thorsen (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) |
| NPRC |  (0.28 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | North Sea and southern/southwestern Norwegian Sea: 59.5 N to 63.5 N |
