Notification of Proposed Research Cruises from 2008

Celtic Voyager

6°43'W-6°50'W

02/11/2008 - 19/11/2008

Hydrographic and geophysical survey

Celtic Explorer

Stanton Banks (south of Outer Hebrides)

01/07/2008 - 21/07/2008

North West Herring Acoustic survey

Johan Hjort

61ºN-71ºN, 10ºW-06ºE

22/05/2008 - 08/06/2008

Seawater, air, plankton and fish sampling

Thalia

48°45'N-50°N, 13°0W-2°45'W

10/05/2008 - 07/06/2008

Sedimentology

Knorr

68ºN 17.5ºW, 54ºN35ºW, 51.5ºN0ºW, 66.5ºN11ºE

26/04/2008 - 31/05/2008

Study oceanic carbon system

Johan Hjort

52ºN-62ºN, 02ºW-10ºE

12/04/2008 - 19/05/2008

Acoustic survey for sandeel, plankton sampling and hydrography

Celtic Explorer

Along shelf break north of 56ºN and northwards to 59º

25/03/2008 - 14/04/2008

North West Herring Acoustic survey

Walther Herwig III

55°N-43°N, 15°W-10°E

20/03/2008 - 09/04/2008

Fish nematode infestation and organic contaminants 

Tridens 

47ºN-56ºN, 9ºW-19ºW

17/03/2008 - 04/04/2008

ICES International Blue Whiting Survey

Fridtjof Nansen

55ºN-63ºN, 15ºW-02ºE

05/03/2008 - 30/04/2008

Trawl and acoustic survey for blue whiting

Walther Herwig III

51º50'N-55º12'N, 02º20'E-08º00'E

22/02/2008 - 14/03/2008

Fish embryo abundance

Magnus Heinason

60º10'N-64º30'N, 09º20'W-03º42'W

13/02/2008 - 20/03/2008

Hydrography, Plankton, CTD sections

Håkon Mosby

North Sea, Skagerrak, Norwegian Deep

03/02/2008 - 22/03/2008

Survey of shrimp and demersal fish, hydrography

Celtic Voyager

Carlingford Lough, Irish and Celtic Seas

29/01/2008 - 10/02/2008

Nutrient survey

Tridens 

Southern and Central North Sea

28/01/2008 - 29/02/2008

ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey

Dana

52º N-62º N, 3º W–4º E

25/01/2008 - 23/02/2008

ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey

Tridens 

English Channel and Southern North Sea (East of 2°W/South of 53°N)

14/01/2008 - 18/01/2008

Herring larvae distribution and hydrography

Alkor

49°35'N-53°N, 01°30'W-04°30'E

03/01/2008 - 20/01/2008

ICES International Herring Larvae Survey, plankton

Walther Herwig III

North Sea

17/01/2008 - 16/02/2008

ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey

Solea

south of 57°N, east of 0°E

03/01/2008 - 06/02/2008

Brown shrimp survey

Thalassa

49°30'N, 0° - 2°E and 51°N - 56°30'N, 3°W - 9°E

25/01/2008 - 22/02/2008

French Bottom Trawl Survey

Belgica

51°35' - 54°30'N, 0° - 5°E

11/02/2008 - 15/02/2008

Beam trawl survey

Celtic Voyager

53°N - 56°N, 6°W - 12°W

23/02/2008 - 02/03/2008

Groundfish survey

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56° - 61°N, 16°W - 0°W

25/03/2008 - 10/04/2008

Acoustic assessment of blue whiting spawing stock and hydrography

Pourquoi Pas?

47°N - 50°30'N, 9°W - 1°W

11/08/2008 - 04/10/2008

MOUTON research programme

Celtic Voyager

53°10'N - 54°40'N

05/03/2008 -16/03/2008

Mapping distribution of spawning cod, haddock, whiting and Plaice

Celtic Voyager

53°10'N - 54°40'N

24/03/2008 - 04/04/2008

Mapping distribution of spawning cod, haddock, whiting and Plaice

Nancy Foster

16.5°N - 19°N, 62°W - 66°W

01/03/2008 - 01/04/2008

Coral reef ecosystem research

Roger Revelle

7.56°S, 14.25°W (200nm EEZ around Ascension Island)

20/03/2008 - 17/04/2008

Survey upper ocean currents along S-N transit of the Mid Atlantic Ridge

Magnus Heinason

58°00'N - 62°00'N, 3°00'W - 13°30'W

02/04/2008 - 16/04/2008

Assess spawning stock of blue whiting

Magnus Heinason

62°00'N - 68°00'N, 12°00W - 1°00'E

30/04/2008 - 14/05/2008

Monitor Herring and Blue Whiting migration

Walther Herwig III

53.5°00'N - 62°00'N, 2°W - 4°E

16/04/2008 - 29/04/2008

Fishery Gear Research for the standardisation of survey trawl design

Alkor

56°N - 59°N, 1°W - 2°E, 53.30°N - 55.30°N, 1°E - 5°E

15/05/2008 - 28/05/2008

Impact of hydrographic frontal systems on distribution of plankton and benthos

Belgica

46°N - 51°N, 2°W - 12°W

06/05/2008 - 24/05/2008

PEACE Project

Rottingoy

51°N - 56°N, 9°W - 13°W, 56°N - 60°N, 7°W - 10°W

06/05/2008 - 06/06/2008

Tagging and biological sampling of mackerel

Akademik Ioffe

59.0°N - 60°N, 18°W - 2°E 

16/06/2008 - 07/07/2008

CLIVAR International Program

Heincke

56°30'N - 61°20'N, 2°00'E - 9°00'W

10/06/2008 - 03/07/2008

Chemical ecology and symbiosis research 

Solea

52°00'N - 59°00', 3°W - 10°E

26/06/2008 - 16/07/2008

ICES co-ordinated hydroacoustic survey assessing herring and sprat stocks

Tridens

53°50'N - 59°00'N, 4°W - 8°E

02/06/2008 - 20/06/2008

North Sea mackerel egg survey

Celtic Voyager

50°N - 51°N, 5°W - 6°W

07/07/2008 - 16/07/2008

UWTV survey, Nephrops spp.

Pelagia

51°N - 60°N, 3°W - 9°E

21/07/2008 - 08/08/2008

Investigation of oceanographic conditions during summer

Solea

52°N - 57°N, 2°E - 8°E

21/07/2008 - 08/08/2008

German small scale bottom trawl survey

Walther Herwig III

52°N - 61°30'N, 3°W - 9°E

17/07/2008 - 22/08/2008

ICES co-ordinated International Bottom Trawl Survey for fish stock estimates

Celtic Voyager

53°N - 54°N, 4°W - 5°W

20/08/2008 - 29/08/2008

UWTV survey, Nephrops spp.

Solea

53°N - 57°30'N, 3°W - 10°E

14/08/2008 - 29/08/2008

Beam trawl survey

Celtic Explorer

ICES division VIa south of 56.5°N, and all of VIIb. VIIg and VIIj north of the 50°N line and west to the 600m contour.

23/09/2008 - 04/10/2008

Irish Groundfish Survey

Celtic Explorer

ICES division VIa south of 56.5°N, and all of VIIb. VIIg and VIIj north of the 50°N line and west to the 600m contour.

26/10/2008 - 29/11/2008

Irish Groundfish Survey

Cotes de la Manche

49°N - 51°N, 1°E - 5°W

27/09/2008 - 03/10/2008

Study the phenomena of atmospheric dispersion of a gas above the sea

Tridens

52°00'N - 62°00'N, 5°00'W - 3°30'E

15/09/2008 - 26/09/2008

Distribution of Herring larvae 

Celtic Explorer

56° 10.6727N, 07° 52.9859W, 56° 06.3688N, 07° 09.7741W, 54° 45.46587N, 05° 15.8044W

11/12/2008 - 17/12/2008

Student training ship time