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RV Lough Foyle LF/21/98

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Lough Foyle (74LG)
Cruise identifierLF/21/98
Cruise period1998-05-17 — 1998-05-22
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBelfast, United Kingdom
Port of returnBelfast, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesJuvenile gadoid study
1. To investigate the abundance and geographic distribution of juvenile gadoids in the western Irish Sea, as part of the juvenile gadoids index (1994 to 1998).
2. To collect otoliths for new recruitment project to investigate whiting growth and hatch day distributions.
3. To collect samples for biochemical investigations of larval and juvenile fish condition.
4. To investigate the spatial and temporal changes in ctenophore and chaetognath abundance.
5. To investigate the degree of MIK sample variability at fixed sites, complementing previous ring net and Gulf VII studies.
6. To obtain phytoplankton samples and physical data from the DANI mooring in the centre of the western Irish Sea.
Chief scientistMark Dickey-Collas (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland)
Cruise reportRV Lough Foyle LF/21/98 cruise report lf21_98.pdf (0.12 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
SpecificWestern Irish Sea
Track chartsRV Lough Foyle LF/21/98 cruise track — lf21_98track.pdf (0.01 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 11
Description: 11 plankton stations were sampled and a CTD was deployed.
Biology and fisheries 
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 11
Description: 11 plankton stations were sampled and a CTD was deployed.
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of stations = 17
Description: 17 plankton stations were sampled.
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of stations = 1
Description: At station 39 a variability study was carried out.
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of stations = 1
Description: To investigate the abundance and distribution of juvenile gadoids. Looking at the degree of MIK sample variability. Stations 29 was sampled using the MIK net station.
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of stations = 8
Description: 8 MIK net stations were sampled.