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Samantha Jane 2209H

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Samantha Jane (74JN)
Cruise identifier2209H
Cruise period2009-10-13 — 2009-10-14
StatusCompleted
Port of departureStromness, United Kingdom
Port of returnStromness, United Kingdom
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesObjectives

1. To increase the knowledge of the offshore and inshore crab stocks to the North of Scotland.

2. To tag Brown Crab, of a range of sizes, from inshore waters to the north of Scotland for investigations of their movements. Tagging will involve using both high-visibility double t-bar tags that are retained on moulting and 'cable-tie' type tags which will be attached to the claws of some of the animals.

3. To biologically sample all tagged crabs for carapace width, shell condition, sex and reproductive state (of females) and record date, time, latitude, longitude, and depth of the return location.

Procedure

The 3 day charter will be split between 2 vessels to maximise the spread of tagged crabs on the target fishing grounds.

Samantha Jane (K94)
All gear and scientific equipment will be loaded onto the vessel in Stromness on the morning of Tuesday 13 October. Weather permitting, the vessel will then depart and make passage to inshore fishing grounds to the west of Orkney, where it already has gear deployed. The vessels crew will be responsible for hauling and removing crabs from pots. Marine Scotland scientific staff will deal with the catch, selecting crabs for tagging, conducting the tagging and recording time, date, biological and positional information before release. All gear and scientific equipment will be unloaded in Stromness on the evening of Wednesday 14 October.
Chief scientistGareth Jones (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
ProjectMF06R06
Cruise programmeSamantha Jane 2209H cruise programme 2209h.pdf  (0.02 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificWest of Orkney