RV Celtic Voyager CV0602
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Celtic Voyager (45CV) |
| Cruise identifier | CV0602 |
| Cruise period | 2006-02-24 — 2006-03-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Dublin, Ireland |
| Port of return | Howth, Ireland |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The survey is intended to address the requirements of the Data Collection Regulation 1639/2001. Information on growth, maturity and sex ratio (biological data) were collected for a range of commercially important groundfish species.
Ovary samples were collected to validate visual maturity staging and to provide fecundity samples for the Irish Sea Egg Production Project in collaboration with CEFAS (Lowesoft) and DARDNI (Belfast). Samples of various squid species were collected for genetic analysis by ANFACO-CECOPESCA (Vigo, Spain). |
| Chief scientist | Hans Gerritsen (Marine Institute Galway) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 Description: A number of tows were made throughout the crusie. Haddock, whiting, plaice and herring were all caught and measured. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 Description: A number of tows were made throughout the crusie. Haddock, whiting, plaice and herring were all caught and measured. |
