RV Lough Foyle LF/28/94
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/28/94 |
| Cruise period | 1994-11-13 — 1994-11-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Larval herring survey
1. To survey the distribution and abundance of herring larval from the Manx and Mourne Irish Sea stocks, to produce a larval production estimate (index). 2. To collect otoliths of fish larvae, to investigate growth rates of Irish Sea herring. 3. To investigate the abundance of euphausiids and other macro zooplankton in the Irish Sea. 4. To collect samples for a Queens/DANI studentship. |
| Chief scientist | Mark Dickey-Collas (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea and North Channel |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 53 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 53 |
