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RV Lough Foyle LF/36/99
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/36/99 |
| Cruise period | 1999-09-05 — 1999-09-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To estimate the biomass and population structure of herring and sprat. |
| Chief scientist | Mike Armstrong (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland) |
| Project | Pelagic Fish Acoustic Survey |
| Cruise report | |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea and North Channel |
| Track charts | |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: A survey took place between transect 66 and transect 94. Species caught were measured for length. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: A survey took place between transect 66 and transect 94. Species caught were measured for length. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: A survey took place between transect 66 and transect 94. Species caught were measured for length. |


