Waterfall 0223H
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Waterfall (747R) |
| Cruise identifier | 0223H |
| Cruise period | 2023-06-12 — 2023-06-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. To deploy and retrieve 34 moorings at SPAN marine mammal/noise monitoring locations (all with C-POD/F-POD cetacean click detectors; fourteen with PODs and sound recorders. 2. To retrieve and re-deploy five subsurface moorings comprising acoustic release systems and the acoustic recording devices attached to them (five POD detectors and five sound recorders) as part of marine mammal monitoring for the SEAGREEN offshore wind development. 3. To retrieve and re-deploy four subsurface moorings comprising acoustic release systems and the acoustic recording devices attached to them (four POD detectors and four sound recorders) as part of marine mammal monitoring for the Neart na Gaoithe (NNG) offshore wind development. 4. Retrieve and deploy a steel instrument frame containing acoustic instrumentation (WBAT echo sounder, ADCP and other sensors). Plan The vessel will work a 12-hour day, with MSS staff boarding the vessel each morning and departing each evening. Vessel capability, weather conditions and water depth will dictate whether inshore deployment locations are operationally possible. A daily programme of work will be agreed between the SIC and vessel master. A Notice to Mariners has been issued for all mooring locations. Any updates or location changes will be issued if required. Daily notifications to both Seagreen and NNG will be undertaken from the vessel when operating within their designated areas. Normal contacts will be maintained with the laboratory. |
| Chief scientist | Paul Stainer (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Unknown |
| Specific | East of Scotland |
