RV Lough Foyle LF/37/98
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/37/98 |
| Cruise period | 1998-09-08 — 1998-09-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Pelagic fish acoustic survey
1. To estimate the biomass and population structure of herring and sprat. 2. To quantify food selection and intake of sprat and juvenile herring. |
| Chief scientist | Mike Armstrong (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.23 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea and North Channel |
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | 54° 58' 5" N 5° 34' 35" W — Tow 27. Time 16.05. Mean depth 144m. Catch 11kg. |
| Demersal fish | 53° 51' 0" N 4° 19' 23" W — Tow 8. Time 06.15. Mean depth 59m. Catch 22kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 18' 17" N 5° 16' 11" W — Tow 2. Time 16.52. Mean depth 84m. Catch 259kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 2' 42" N 5° 50' 5" W — Tow 3. Time 07.05. Mean depth 32m. Catch 77kg. |
| Demersal fish | 53° 57' 41" N 5° 39' 5" W — Tow 4. Time 09.08. Mean depth 73m. Catch 349kg. |
| Demersal fish | 53° 47' 59" N 5° 11' 42" W — Tow 5. Time 13.38. Mean depth 69m. Catch 0kg. |
| Demersal fish | 53° 47' 59" N 5° 17' 29" W — Tow 6. Time 15.19. Mean depth 72m. Catch 16m. |
| Demersal fish | 53° 37' 48" N 5° 57' 47" W — Tow 7. Time 21.20. Mean depth 32m. Catch 62kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 28' 53" N 4° 9' 59" W — Tow 9. Time 15.35. Mean depth 53m. Catch 34kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 10' 12" N 4° 23' 35" W — Tow 10. Time 23.16. Mean depth 28m. Catch 102kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 5' 17" N 4° 31' 41" W — Tow 11. Time 21.20. Mean depth 28m. Catch 234kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 7' 59" N 4° 25' 35" W — Tow 12. Time 23.35. Mean depth 30m. Catch 277kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 8' 17" N 4° 20' 17" W — Tow 14. Time 04.59. Mean depth 37m. Catch 72kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 0' 47" N 4° 57' 0" W — Tow 15. Time 17.05. Mean depth 52m. Catch 76kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 10' 29" N 4° 57' 5" W — Tow 16. Time 20.06. Mean depth 78m.. Catch 35kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 12' 0" N 4° 48' 11" W — Tow 17. Time 23.22. Mean depth 30m. Catch 928kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 21' 29" N 4° 53' 47" W — Tow 18. Time 08.08. Mean depth 75m. Catch 153kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 27' 29" N 4° 57' 23" W — Tow 19. Time 13.42. Mean depth 92m. Catch 664kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 39' 53" N 3° 57' 11" W — Tow 20. Time 20.25. Mean depth 35m. Catch 79kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 29' 29" N 3° 40' 17" W — Tow 21. Time 09.00. Mean depth 24m. Catch 127kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 21' 35" N 3° 51' 47" W — Tow 22. Time 11.05. Mean depth 41m. Catch 232kg. |
| Demersal fish | 53° 53' 29" N 3° 23' 24" W — Tow 23. Time 19.34. Mean depth 22m. Catch 100kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 35' 6" N 4° 51' 54" W — Tow 24. Time 09.40. Mean depth 63m. Catch 264kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 43' 17" N 4° 58' 48" W — Tow 25. Time 11.25. Mean depth 21m. Catch 25kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 55' 41" N 5° 13' 35" W — Tow 26. Time 13.55. Mean depth 46m. Catch 158kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 8' 5" N 54° 8' 17" W — Tow 13. Time 02.28. Mean depth 32m. Catch 1119kg. |
| Demersal fish | 54° 27' 0" N 5° 8' 11" W — To estimate biomass, population and food intake of herring and sprat. Tow 1. Time 13.07. Mean depth 110m. Catch 26kg. |
