RV Lough Foyle LF/19/91
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/19/91 |
| Cruise period | 1991-07-28 — 1991-08-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Herring acoustic survey
1. To estimate the biomass and population structure of the Mourne and Manx herring stock by means of echo-intergration and midwater trawling 2. To fully test the recently acquired HADAS package for echo-intergration under survey conditions. |
| Chief scientist | Mike Armstrong (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.33 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.12 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 16 Description: Survey to estimate the biomass and population structure of the Mourne and Manx herring stocks. |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. |
