Notification of Proposed Research Cruises from 2009

Celtic Voyager

Carlingford Lough (54.0500°N -6.1500°W), Irish and Celtic Seas as far south as (51.4000°N) and east as –5.4500°W.

19/01/2009 - 29/01/2009

Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme

Dana

52°N - 62°N, 3°W - 4°E

27/01/2009 - 25/02/2009

ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey

Solea

57°N - 53°N, 0 - 9°E

19/01/2009 - 06/02/2009

Brown shrimp winter survey

Walther Herwig III

54°N - 62°N, 4°W - 9°E

21/01/2009 - 19/02/2009

ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey

Senckenberg

54°10’N 4°25’E 55°35’N 1°10’E

26/01/2009 - 06/02/2009

Sampling bottom animals and plankton, gathering sediment samples 

Walther Herwig III

51°50'N - 55°12'N, 2°20'E - 8°00'E

27/02/2009 - 18/03/2009

Investigations on occurrence and abundance of fish embryos in the water column, studies of maturity

Sars

55°N - 62°N, 9°E - 2°W

05/02/2009 - 28/02/2009

ICES International Bottom Trawl Survey

Magnus Heinason

60°10'N - 64°30'N, 9°20'W - 3°42'W

18/02/2009 - 25/02/2009

Monitor changes in hydrography and plankton

Walther Herwig III

53°N - 63°N, 9°30'W - 10°E

26/03/2009 - 16/04/2009

Sampling fish species for composition and trace element analysis

Golden Emblem

53°20'N - 55°N, 4°50'W - 6°W

02/03/2009 - 15/03/2009

To determine movement and behaviour of cod

Dana

61°N - 64°N, 2°W - 2°E

28/04/2009 - 30/05/2009

Echo integration of herring and blue whiting

Polarstern

53°N - 54°S, 20°W - 71°W

11/04/2009 - 24/05/2009

Basic marine research in atmospheric and biological science

Heincke

51°30'N - 59°20'N, 13°W - 8°30'E

21/04/2009 - 13/05/2009

Biogeographical distribution of harmful algal bloom organisms

Benaiah

53°20'N - 55°N, 4°50'W - 6°W

23/02/2009 - 08/03/2009

To determine movement and behaviour of cod

Sars

59°N - 80°N, 20°W - 26°E

28/05/2009 - 11/08/2009

Near synoptic mapping of the Nordic seas for physical, chemical and biological parameters

Celtic Voyager

54°29'N - 59°11'N, 10°48'W - 8°28'W

08/05/2009 - 12/05/2009

SALSEA-Merge; marine ecology of Atlantic salmon

Sorcerer

49°5'N - 52°6'N, 6°30'W - 2°38'E

10/05/2009 - 31/05/2009

Environmental genome shotgun sequencing of microbial populations in the world's oceans

Celtic Explorer

63°N - 68°N, 1°W - 4°E

23/06/2009 - 02/07/2009

SALSEA-Merge; marine ecology of Atlantic salmon

Celtic Voyager

51°2'N - 52°50'N, 10°5'W - 5°60'W

13/06/2009 - 22/06/2009

To collect information on the water masses in the area of the Celtic Sea front

Walther Herwig III

58°28'N - 4°43'W (Loch Eriboll), 58°54'N - 3°02'W (Orkney Isles, Scapa flow)

04/06/2009 - 06/07/2009

Calibration of echosouder equipment

Solea

52°N - 56°N, 2°W - 9°E

26/06/2009 - 15/07/2009

Assessment of herring and sprat stocks

Tridens

52°N - 62°N, 4°30'W - 8°30'E

29/06/2009 - 24/07/2009

North Sea hydro acoustic survey for herring and sprat

Unknown

54°45'N - 55°10'N, 6°3'W - 5°25'W

mid June - end September 2009

acquisition of 2D seismic data and possibly multibeam and gravity information

Celtic Explorer

56°N - 58°N, 7°25'W - 8°20'W

03/07/2009 - 22/07/2009

Northwest Herring Acoustic Survey

Celtic Voyager

50°N - 52°N, 5°W - 6°W

10/07/2009 - 19/07/2009

UWTV survey, Nephrops spp.

Walther Herwig III

52°N - 61°30'N, 3°W - 9°E

13/07/2009 - 10/08/2009

Demersal trawling survey monitoring fish assemblages and benthos

Dannevig

56°N - 62°N, 2°W - 10°E

28/07/2009 - 07/08/2009

Ecosystem survey; International bottom trawl survey quarter 3, Acoustic survey for abundance of herring, sprat and saithe, Plankton sampling and hydrographical transsections

Johan Hjort

56°N - 62°N, 2°W - 10°E

13/07/2009 - 21/07/2009

Acoustic survey for abundance estimation of herring and sprat.

Libas/ Endre Dyrøy

60°N - 70°N, 17°E - 12°W

15/07/2009 - 06/08/2009

Ecosystem cruise with oceanography, zooplankton sampling, biological sampling of mackerel, herring , salmon and blue whiting as well as marine mammal sightings.

Pourquoi Pas?

47°N - 51°N, 12°W - 1°W

29/07/2009 - 30/12/2009

MOUTON (naval operations environment monitoring)

Heincke

56°30'N - 61°20'N, 2°00'W - 8°00'W

02/07/2009 - 24/07/2009

Cemical ecology and symbiosis research

Solea

52°N - 57°N, 2°E - 8°E

20/07/2009 - 08/08/2009

Bottom trawl survey

Belgica

51°N - 54°N, 0°0' - 3°0E

24/08/2009 - 04/09/2009

fishery-independent surveys of the adult flatfish stocks

Celtic Voyager

53°N - 54°N, 5°W - 6°W

26/08/2009 - 04/09/2009

UWTV survey, Nephrops spp.

Discovery

50°N - 61°N, 7°W - 21°W

18/08/2009 - 18/09/2009

Site surveys over potential borehole sites, seismic, magnetic and gravity data

Solea

53°N - 57°30'N, 3°W - 10°E

14/08/2009 - 28/08/2009

International Beam Trawl Survey

L'Atalante

47°N - 50°30'N, 9°W - 1°W

03/08/2009 - 13/09/2009

MOUTON -  Naval operations environment monitoring

Pelagia

51°N - 60°N, 3°W - 9°E

20/08/2009 - 11/09/2009

Investigation of oceanographic conditions during summer

Sorcerer

49°N - 52°21'N, 6°30'W - 2°40'E

05/08/2009 - 07/09/2009

Environmental genome shotgun sequencing of microbial populations in the world's oceans

Senckenberg

54°10'N - 55°35'N, 4°25'E - 1°10'E

03/08/2009 - 14/08/2009

Sampling bottom animals and plankton, gathering sediment samples 

Walther Herwig III

54°03'N - 60°20'N, 02°10'W - 28°56'E

17/08/2009 - 08/09/2009

Investigating occurrence of fish diseases and biological effects of contaminants, OSPAR and HELCOM monitoring, BONUS and Project BEAST

Akademik Ioffe

59°55'N - 59°30'N, 42°30'W - 04°36'W

06/09/2009 - 30/09/2009

CLIVAR International Program

Belgica

50°30'N - 52°00'N, 1°00'E - 3°30'E

15/09/2009 - 18/09/2009

Improvement of the quality of existing optical remote sensing products

Celtic Explorer

50°N - 57°N, 13°W - 5°W

25/09/2009 - 07/10/2009

Irish Groundfish Survey

Hakon Mosby

58°N - 62°N, 02°W - 09°E

30/09/2009 - 06/10/2009

Education and training of scientists

Maria S Merian

33°30'N - 40°15'N, 16°30'E - 22°30'E

28/09/2009 - 22/10/2009

Transit to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Explora

48°28'N - 50°53'N, 10°48'E - 07°50'E

early September 2009

GLAMAR - GLAcial Meltwater and the Sedimentary ARchitecture of High-Latitude Continental Margins

Scotia

55°N - 59°N, 07°W - 15°W

04/09/2009 - 27/09/2009

Rockall Plateau haddock recruitment survey (trawling), Shelf edge deep water species abundance survey (trawling), Habitat mapping on Rockall Plateau

Tridens

52°N - 62°N, 5°W - 3°30'E

21/09/2009 - 02/10/2009

Herring larvae survey

Walther Herwig III

53°30'N - 60°00'N, 4°W - 3°E

15/09/2009 - 29/09/2009

Plankton sampling for the International Herring Larvae Surveys

Gwen Drez

51°15N - 2°W

01/10/2009 - 30/10/2009

Bottom trawl survey

Polarstern

49°30'N - 51°24'N, 03°40'W - 02°05'E

16/10/2009 - 25/11/2009

Marine research in atmospheric chemical and biological science

Belgica

51°N - 54°30'N, 0°E - 5°E

24/11/2009 - 04/12/2009

Reduction of the environmental impact of the sea fishery by technical adjustments to the beamtrawl, alternative stimuli or alternative fishery methods

Johan Hjort

57°N - 61°N, 02°W - 9°E

12/11/2009 - 22/11/2009

Monitoring sampling, plankton and hydrography

Scotia

53°00'N - 59°30'N, 03°00'W - 12°00'W

08/11/2009 - 25/11/2009

Demersal trawling survey to assess pre-recruit year class strengths of cod, haddock, whiting, Norway pout, mackerel and herring.

Thalassa

43°20'N - 52°30'N, 01°20'W - 12°00W

02/11/2009 - 30/11/2009

Bottom trawl survey

Celtic Explorer

55°N - 55°50'N, 6°W - 7°W

16/12/2009 - 21/12/2009

Undergraduate student training

Tridens

49°N - 53°N, 2°W - 5°E

14/12/2009 - 18/12/2009

Herring larvae survey