RV Lough Foyle LF/21/96
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/21/96 |
| Cruise period | 1996-05-19 — 1996-05-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Juvenile gadoid investigations
1. To investigate the summer transport of pelagic juvenile gadoids from the coast to the stratified waters of the western Irish Sea. 2. To assess fish growth rates in May and June. 3. To collect juvenile fish for histological examination of growth and condition. 4. To collect otoliths for body to otolith size extrapolations. 5. To investigate the abundance of euphausiids and other macro zooplankton in the Irish Sea. 6. To collect samples for Sagitta elegans study. |
| Chief scientist | Mark Dickey-Collas (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 13 Description: 13 hauls were made in Gulf III. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: 3 MIK hauls took place. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 13 Description: To assess fish growth, juvenile gadoids and the abundance of zooplankton. 13 Gulf III deployments were made. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: 4 MIK and 3 Gulf III deployments were made. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 13 Description: 13 hauls were made in Gulf III. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 13 Description: To assess fish growth, juvenile gadoids and the abundance of zooplankton. 13 Gulf III deployments were made. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: 3 MIK hauls took place. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: 4 MIK and 3 Gulf III deployments were made. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: 4 MIK and 3 Gulf III deployments were made. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 13 Description: 13 hauls were made in Gulf III. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 13 Description: To assess fish growth, juvenile gadoids and the abundance of zooplankton. 13 Gulf III deployments were made. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: 3 MIK hauls took place. |
