RV Lough Foyle LF/05/92
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/05/92 |
| Cruise period | 1992-03-01 — 1992-03-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Demersal fish survey
1. Obtain information on spatial patterns of abundance of different size- and age-classes of demersal fish in the northern Irish Sea during spring. 2. Obtain indices of abundance of juvenile fish for use in future stock assessments, and to evaluate the utility of a Spring survey for providing indices of abundance of adult gadoids. 3. Determine the diet compostion and feeding levels of predatory fish, and the spatial overlap of predators and their prey. 4. Map the distribution of cod eggs in the plankton. 5. Obtain information on distribution and relative abundance of cephalopods. |
| Chief scientist | Mike Armstrong (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.26 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea and North Channel |
| Track charts | (0.05 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: Stations 75, 92, 93 and 94 were all fished. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: Stations 61, 3, 256 and 64 completed in moderate to rough sea conditions |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: Stations 258, 257, 259 and 250 were all completed in moderate conditions. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: Stations 245, 243, 102 and 77 were fished. However 102 tow had to be aborted after the net suffered a minor tear. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: Stations 242, 249, 247 and 246 were all fished. There was a particularly large catch at station 246 which caused difficultyin bringing the codend on board. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: Stations 79, 78, 89 ,71 and 73 were all fished in good conditions. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: They returned to complete stations 51, 96, 216, 50 and 103 in fine conditions. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: Due to an engine fault and fuel leak only stations 56, 90 and 280 were fished. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: Due to poor weather only three stations 46, 99 and 48 were fished. |
