RV Lough Foyle LF/26/96
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/26/96 |
| Cruise period | 1996-06-23 — 1996-06-27 |
| 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 (Third in a series of three cruises). 2. To assess fish growth rates in May and June. 3. To carry out trials of the multiplankton sampler. 4. To investigate the abundance of euphausiids 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 |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Seston | Quantity: number of hauls = 38 Description: GULF III samples taken for plankton during daylight hours. Plankton samples were fixed in 4% buffered formaldehyde and stored. |
| Seston | Quantity: sample litres = 69200000 Description: Litres of seawater sampled for plankton from all of the MlK net and Gulf III stations |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 19 Description: Fish and Nephrops larvae were removed from the MIK net samples and fixed in 4% buffered formaldehyde |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 19 Description: MIK net hauls. Juvenile fish were sampled in darkness with the MIK net. Fish were measured to the nearest 0.1mm. |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 19 Description: Large crustacea were removed from the MIK net samples and weighed to the nearest 0.1g. |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of experiments = 4 Description: Trials carried out at a station with the high juvenile fish abundances with the multiplankton sampler |
