RV Lough Foyle LF/34/98
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/34/98 |
| Cruise period | 1998-08-16 — 1998-08-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To film the seabed at the established stations sampled during previous cruises.
2. To take beam trawl samples of epifauna at each station. 3. To continue a RoxAnn survey of the western Irish Sea initiated in 1997. 4. To collect data on spatial patterns of Nephrops and bycatch abundance. 5. To collect Nephrops for in vitro studies at C-mar/QUB, Portaferry. 6. To assess the prevalence of the dinoflagellate parasite Hematodinium in Nephrops catches. 7. To collect data and samples of sprat and herring for a population/feeding study. 8. To retain live specimens of selected cephalopod species and the crab Gonoplax rhomboides for 'Exploris' in Portaferry. |
| Chief scientist | Richard P Briggs (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Project | Nephrops and associated Fauna |
| Cruise report |  (0.30 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | NW Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.06 MB) |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Crustaceans | 54° 1' 5" N 5° 21' 56" W — Tow 14. Station 20. Haul went to 54 0.54N and 5 26.20W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 54° 12' 34" N 5° 19' 1" W — Tow 21. Station 2. Haul went to 54 15.04N and 5 5.19W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 54° 8' 7" N 5° 27' 10" W — Tow 16. Station 17. Haul went to 54 10.63N and 5 26.61W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 54° 5' 47" N 5° 2' 56" W — Tow 20. Station 208. Haul went to 54 8.00N and 5 0.39W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 54° 6' 12" N 5° 9' 44" W — Tow 19. Station 209. Haul went to 54 8.27N and 5 6.92W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 54° 7' 51" N 5° 19' 17" W — Tow 18. Station 109. Haul went to 54 5.30N and 5 18.79W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 54° 12' 39" N 5° 23' 47" W — Tow 17. Station 35. Haul went to 54 14.87N and 5 22.19W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 54° 3' 55" N 5° 31' 3" W — Tow 15. Station 15. Haul went to 54 6.56N and 5 30.18W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 57' 6" N 5° 24' 5" W — Tow 13. Station 10. Haul went to 53 59.61N and 5 23.59W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 50' 21" N 5° 7' 10" W — Tow 12. Station 108. Haul went to 53 52.60N and 5 6.16W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 52' 28" N 5° 28' 6" W — Tow 11. Station 7. Haul went to 53 27.55N and 5 27.55W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 46' 33" N 5° 22' 30" W — Tow 10. Station 102. Haul went to 53 48.95N and 5 21.19W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 38' 15" N 5° 26' 11" W — Tow 9. Station 103. Haul went to 53 40.63N and 5 24.49W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 47' 27" N 5° 40' 42" W — Tow 8. Station 107. Haul went to 53 45.35N and 5 41.86W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 53' 45" N 5° 39' 32" W — Tow 7. Station 8. Haul went to 53 51.24N and 5 39.62W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 58' 31" N 5° 45' 23" W — Tow 6. Station 207. Haul went to 53 56.32N and 5 47.52W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 54° 7' 18" N 5° 34' 54" W — Tow 5. Station 30. Haul went to 54 5.33N and 5 37.22W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 36' 30" N 5° 39' 12" W — Tow 4. Station 104. Haul went to 53 38.83N and 5 37.69W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 38' 6" N 5° 44' 0" W — Tow 3. Station 106. Haul went to 53 35.65N and 5 42.34W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 34' 24" N 5° 53' 26" W — Tow 2. Station 200. Haul went to 53 36.32N and 5 55.65W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 53° 30' 29" N 5° 40' 56" W — Tow 1. Station 105. Haul went to 53 29.34N and 5 37.47W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Crustaceans | 54° 15' 1" N 5° 15' 27" W — Tow 22. Station 1. Haul went to 54 17.48N and 5 16.29W. Nephrops Trawl |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 39' 20" N 5° 42' 34" W — Tow 22. Station 106a. Time 09.35. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 58' 38" N 5° 23' 41" W — Tow 11. Station 10. Time 14.40. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 35' 36" N 5° 55' 11" W — Tow 25. Station 200. Time 15.00. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 50' 36" N 6° 10' 5" W — Tow 26. Station 212a. Time 18.32. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 50' 19" N 6° 9' 5" W — Tow 27. Station 212b. Time 19.30. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 50' 15" N 6° 9' 50" W — Tow 28. Station 212c. Time 20.16. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 9' 47" N 5° 27' 26" W — Tow 4. Station 17. Time 14.54. Beam Trawl. |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 39' 33" N 5° 38' 13" W — Tow 21. Station 104. Time 08.06. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 38' 45" N 5° 26' 17" W — Tow 20. Station 103. Time 18.30. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 47' 35" N 5° 40' 33" W — Tow 19. Station 107. Time 15.50. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 53' 14" N 5° 39' 20" W — Tow 18. Station 8. Time 14.42. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 52' 11" N 5° 28' 29" W — Tow 17. Station 7. Time 13.00. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 47' 59" N 5° 21' 59" W — Tow 16. Station 102. Time 11.00 Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 51' 18" N 5° 6' 28" W — Tow 15. Station 108. Time 09.00. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 58' 31" N 5° 23' 30" W — Tow 14. Station 10. Time 21.50. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 4' 5" N 5° 30' 59" W — Tow 13. Station 15. Time 18.55. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 56' 20" N 5° 21' 18" W — Tow 12. Station 101. Time 17.32. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 2' 47" N 5° 21' 58" W — Tow 10. Station 20. Time 14.00 Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 6' 59" N 5° 18' 56" W — Tow 9. Station 109. Time 13.00 Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 7' 17" N 5° 7' 9" W — Tow 8. Station 209. Time 11.00 Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 5' 54" N 5° 3' 11" W — Tow 7. Station 208. Time 09.00. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 57' 16" N 5° 46' 43" W — Tow 6. Station 207. Time 18.38. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 6' 13" N 5° 36' 23" W — Tow 5. Station 30. Time 16.27. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 16' 17" N 5° 13' 5" W — Tow 2. Station 1. Time 12.00. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 13' 15" N 5° 18' 54" W — To film the seabed and take beam trawl samples. To collect data and samples of Nephrops. Tow 1. Station 2. Time 11.43. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 54° 13' 48" N 5° 23' 16" W — Tow 3. Station 35. Time 13.56. Beam Trawl. |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 30' 0" N 5° 39' 39" W — Tow 24. Station 105. Time 12.39. Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 50' 15" N 6° 9' 38" W — Tow 29. Station 212d. Time 21.00 Beam Trawl |
| Single-beam echosounding | 53° 35' 17" N 5° 44' 58" W — Tow 23. Station 106b. Time 10.28. Beam Trawl |
