RV Lough Foyle LF/24/97
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/24/97 |
| Cruise period | 1997-06-08 — 1997-06-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Juvenile gadoid study
1. To investigate the abundance and geographic distribution of juvenile gadoids in the western Irish Sea. 2. To collect samples for the validation of whiting otolith primary increment deposition. 3. To investigate the factors determining the vertical distribution of zooplankton and ichthyoplankton in the western Irish Sea |
| Chief scientist | Mark Dickey-Collas (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of measurements = 3 Description: CTD deployed at stations 7 and 8. DANI mooring was commenced. |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of measurements = 2 Description: CTD was deployed at stations 10 and 11. |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of measurements = 26 Description: 8 MIK and 11 plankton stations were sampled. CTD was deployed at stations 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 18 and 17. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of measurements = 26 Description: 8 MIK and 11 plankton stations were sampled. CTD was deployed at stations 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 18 and 17. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 17 Description: To look at the abundance of juvenile gadoids, collect whiting samples and look at zooplankton distribution. 4 MIK stations were worked and 13 plankton stations sampled. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of measurements = 26 Description: 8 MIK and 11 plankton stations were sampled. CTD was deployed at stations 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 18 and 17. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of measurements = 3 Description: CTD deployed at stations 7 and 8. DANI mooring was commenced. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 17 Description: To look at the abundance of juvenile gadoids, collect whiting samples and look at zooplankton distribution. 4 MIK stations were worked and 13 plankton stations sampled. |
