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Vendla 2020813

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Vendla (58VK)
Cruise identifier2020813
Cruise period2020-07-03 — 2020-07-15
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBergen, Norway
Port of returnBergen, Norway
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesInternational Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS).

The major aim is abundance estimation with precision estimates of Northeast Atlantic (NEA) mackerel. Secondary aim is abundance estimation of Atlantic blue whiting and Norwegian spring-spawning herring, thereby establishing new fishery independent indices on abundance to be used in the assessment of these stocks. An important objective is also to understand the Norwegian Sea ecosystem and especially the distribution, migration, feeding and spatial overlap of important pelagic planktivorous species (mackerel, herring and blue whiting) in relation to hydrography, plankton and top predators.
Chief scientistLeif Nøttestad (Institute of Marine Research, Norway)
NPRCVendla 2020813 NPRC vendla_2020813.pdf (0.43 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificNorthern North Sea