RV Lough Foyle LF/22/94
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/22/94 |
| Cruise period | 1994-08-29 — 1994-09-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Pelagic fish acoustic fish survey
1. To estimate the biomass and age-composition of the mixed Manx and Mourne stocks of herring in the northern Irish Sea. 2. To determine the distribution and biomass of sprat. 3. To examine the distribution and abundance of seabirds and marine mammals along the survey track. 4. To further improve acoustic survey mathods on Lough Foyle. |
| 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 | (0.07 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 3. Trawl time 13.29. Sounding 30m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 2. Trawl time 09.42. Sounding 70m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: To look at stocks of herring and sprat. Trawl 1. Trawl time 03.00. Sounding 40m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 3. Trawl time 13.29. Sounding 30m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 4. Trawl time 19.02. Sounding 50m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 5. Trawl time 06.46. Sounding 70m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 6. Trawl time 14.00. Sounding 30m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 7. Trawl time 19.07. Sounding 70m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 8. Trawl time 21.29. Sounding 35m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 9. Trawl time 10.27. Sounding 85m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 10. Trawl time 15.07. Sounding 70. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 12. Trawl time 21.20. Sounding 30m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 13. Trawl time 00.30. Sounding 20m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 14. Trawl time 06.25. Sounding 25m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 15. Trawl time 20.10. Sounding 30m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 16. Trawl time 03.37. Sounding 30m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 17. Trawl time 07.46. Sounding 40m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 18. Trawl time 23.00. Sounding 65m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 19. Trawl time 02.40. Sounding 30m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 20. Trawl time 06.55. Sounding 20m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 21. Trawl time 08 04. Sounding 85m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 22. Trawl time 12.22. Sounding 50m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 23. Trawl time 17.23. Sounding 140m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 24. Trawl time 07.17. Sounding 100m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 26. Trawl time 17.09 Sounding 75m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 11. Trawl time 14.05. Sounding 45m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Trawl 25. Trawl time 09.25. Sounding 40. |
