RV Lough Foyle LF/24/96
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/24/96 |
| Cruise period | 1996-06-09 — 1996-06-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| 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 investigate the abuundance of euphaisiids and other macro zooplankton in the Irish Sea. 5. To collect samples for Sagitta elegans study. |
| Chief scientist | Mark Dickey-Collas (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 11 Description: The MIK net was deployed, 3 Gulf III hauls were made and 7 more samples were taken. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 21 Description: 21 samples were taken in much improved weather. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 8 Description: To assess fish growth rates, the summer transport of pelagic juvenile gadoids and abundance of macro zooplakton. 5 Gulf III and 3 MIK samples were taken. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of samples = 11 Description: The MIK net was deployed, 3 Gulf III hauls were made and 7 more samples were taken. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of samples = 21 Description: 21 samples were taken in much improved weather. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of samples = 8 Description: To assess fish growth rates, the summer transport of pelagic juvenile gadoids and abundance of macro zooplakton. 5 Gulf III and 3 MIK samples were taken. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of samples = 21 Description: 21 samples were taken in much improved weather. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of samples = 11 Description: The MIK net was deployed, 3 Gulf III hauls were made and 7 more samples were taken. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of samples = 8 Description: To assess fish growth rates, the summer transport of pelagic juvenile gadoids and abundance of macro zooplakton. 5 Gulf III and 3 MIK samples were taken. |
