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RV Belgica 2020-31
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Belgica (11BE) |
Cruise identifier | 2020-31 |
Cruise period | 2020-11-30 — 2020-12-04 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
Port of return | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | On July 14, 2011 the European Commission (COM) published the proposal for a new CFP to replace the current Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. The main change is the introduction of a discard ban in the form of a gradual introduction of an obligation, starting from 2016. In the end, this should lead to a landing obligation for almost all species. Research on improving the selectivity of towed gears to both length and species composition is therefore necessary. In the coming years, the available shiptime on the research vessels will be used mainly for that purpose (mainly through COMBITUIG, a project funded by EFMZV and the fisheries sector). |
Chief scientist | Heleen Lenoir (Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Ostend), Mattias van Opstal (Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Ostend) |
NPRC | (1.09 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea |
Specific | Eastern English Channel and southern North Sea |