Foreign Vessel Surveys

 
 

In any year, up to approximately 50 foreign marine scientific research programmes (FMSR) are undertaken in Irish waters. If you're interested in partaking in any of these surveys as an observer please see details of our Foreign Vessel Observer Scheme or email RV Ops attaching a copy of your CV.  We are currently accepting applications for 2012.  Summary details of the surveys are available in the table below which will be updated as the notifications are received.   

 

Foreign Research Cruise Schedule 2012
 Country Vessel Name  Cruise Objectives  Location  From (date)  To (date)  Irish Observer Participation 
 Britain Benaiah IV   To investigate spatial distribution and collect biological information on Irish Sea gadoids.  Irish Sea  29/01/2012 04/04/2012  No berth available 
Britain Scotia Bottom Trawl Survey targeting juvenile gadoid species North and West of Ireland 20/02/2012 10/03/2012 Observer confirmed
The Netherlands Tridens Blue Whiting Survey     West of Ireland 20/03/2012 13/04/2012 Observer Confirmed
Norway TBC Blue Whiting Survey West & North of Ireland 26/03/2012 13/04/2012 Observer TBC
Britain Scotia To conduct a trawl survey to estimate the abundance and distribution of anglerfish Rockall Plateau and NW Ireland 11/04/2012 04/05/2012 One berth available
Norway TBC Tagging and Biological Sampling of Mackerel West of Ireland 09/05/2012 05/06/2012 One berth available
Britain James Cook Benthic Impacts of ocean acidification Rockall Bank 17/05/2012 15/06/2012 One berth available
Belgium BNS Belgica Cold-water coral ecosystems from the Moira Mounds Belgica Mound 01/06/2012 08/06/2012 One berth available
Belgium BNS Belgica High-resolution seismic study with multibeam & coring at the Goban Spur and Whittard Canyon. Goban Spur 10/06/2012 18/06/2012 One berth available

 

Last updated on 02/02/2012

Irish research organisations interested in the details of specific cruises should contact rv@marine.ie

 

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