RV Celtic Voyager CV19038
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Celtic Voyager (45CV) |
| Cruise identifier | CV19038 |
| Cruise period | 2019-12-01 — 2019-12-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Killybegs, Ireland |
| Port of return | Galway, Ireland |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The survey objective is to collect acoustic information (using SIMRAD EK60 split-beam 38 and 120 kHz scientific echosounders) and biological samples on aggregations of pre-spawning herring and feeding horse mackerel in ICES divisions 6.a.S, 6.a.N and 7.b. The survey is designed to focus on areas where herring are known to be either spawning or in pre-spawning migrations during this time of the year. This area is also a known feeding area for juvenile horse mackerel. Herring spawning grounds are well known in 6.a.S, thanks to previous work by the Marine Institute; spawning time in this area is variable, generally between October and February. |
| Chief scientist | Michael O'Malley (Marine Institute Galway) |
| NPRC |  (0.19 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | ICES areas VIa and VIIb |
