RV Lough Foyle LF/26/97
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/26/97 |
| Cruise period | 1997-06-22 — 1997-06-25 |
| 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 |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Western Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: 11 plankton stations were sampled. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: 13 plankton stations were sampled. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 7 Description: 7 MIK stations were sampled. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: To investigate the abundance and distribution of juvenile gadoids. To collect whiting samples. To determin the vertical distribution of zooplankton. 2 MIK stations were worked. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 7 Description: 7 MIK stations were sampled. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: 11 plankton stations were sampled. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: To investigate the abundance and distribution of juvenile gadoids. To collect whiting samples. To determin the vertical distribution of zooplankton. 2 MIK stations were worked. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: 13 plankton stations were sampled. |
