RV Lough Foyle LFdec91
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LFdec91 |
| Cruise period | 1991-12-09 — 1991-12-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | The primary objective was to provide further trials for the ASRD camera sledge with a view to applying the equipment in a real survey situation around the North Channel disposal grounds.
Secondary objectives were the collection of grab samples from the National Monitoring Plan Station in the North Channel and the Beaufort Dyke area as part of the benthic ecology programme. |
| Chief scientist | Matt Service (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | The Irish Sea and North Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: North Channel National Monitoring Programme station, 3 stations in the Beaufort Dyke, and 1 in the mid North Channel |
