Mar Mares ARROD2019
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Mar Mares (29U7) |
| Cruise identifier | ARROD2019 |
| Cruise period | 2019-09-01 — 2019-10-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lochinver, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lochinver, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
The overall objective of this cruise is the minimisation of discards in the trawl, with special attention to the species subject to a TAC in relation to the new EU regulation on discard reduction. In addition, the following specific objectives will be explored: - Characterize the behaviour of different species within the trawl, and main parts that make up the trawl. - Based on observed fish behaviour, design selective devices to be set inside the trawl, taking into account the most suitable position. - To analyse he technical and economic effectiveness of the selective devices designed. Methodology It is expected to use a small meshed inner (about 50 mm mesh size) for the codend. Besides, a Square Mesh Panel will be inserted in the upper panel of the trawl and a small mesh cover will be set to collect all the fish escaping through the SMP in order to measure quantify and characterize the escapement. In essence, the selectivity properties of the SMP will be analysed. Underwater cameras, will be attached to the trawl to observe the behaviour of the fish inside the net, and in relation to the selective devices. |
| Chief scientist | Luis Arregi (Basque Fisheries and Marine Technological Research Centre (AZTI), Pasaia) |
| NPRC |  (0.71 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | ICES area VIa |
