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RV Dana 03/2022

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Dana (26D4)
Cruise identifier03/2022
Cruise period2022-04-22 — 2022-05-20
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHirtshals Havn, Denmark
Port of returnHirtshals Havn, Denmark
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesInternational Ecosystem survey in the Nordic Seas (IESNS) in 2022

- Calibration of Echosounders
- Acoustic Monitoring of Herring and Blue Whiting in the Norwegian Sea

This survey was carried out in order to investigate distribution and migrations of the Norwegian Spring Spawning herring, blue whiting and other pelagic fish, and to produce a biomass index for herring and a recruitment index for blue whiting for the Working Group on Widely Distributed stocks (WGWIDE). Furthermore hydrographic conditions and plankton abundance in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters are monitored in order to investigate how distribution and migration of herring and other pelagic fish are influenced by environmental conditions.
This survey was coordinated with Norway as an international survey with participation of Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands and the EU, where the Danish R/V Dana conducted the EU survey part. With the exceptions of 2002 and 2003 the survey has been carried out since 1997 with participation of EU countries together with Norway, Russia, Iceland and the Faeroe Islands.
Chief scientistMatthias H F Kloppmann (Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Bremerhaven), Susan M Lusseau (Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources)
Cruise reportRV Dana 03/2022 cruise report dana_03_2022.pdf (2.21 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorwegian Sea
Track chartsRV Dana 03/2022 cruise track — dana_03_2022trk.pdf (0.15 MB)