(this cover sheet for final instructions only)
FINAL CRUISE INSTRUCTIONS
FOCI

Ship and cruise number
Inclusive cruise dates
Name, Chief Scientist
Address

ENDORSEMENTS:

___________________________________
RADM Nicholas Prahl, Director 
Marine Operations Center-Pacific
Seattle, WA  98102

________________________________	________________________________
Dr. Eddie N. Bernard, Director	Dr. James M. Coe, Acting Director
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory	Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Seattle, WA  98115	Seattle, WA  98115

Date:

FINAL CRUISE INSTRUCTIONS
NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN

Cruise No: MF-01-xx
FOCI No: xxMF01

Applicability: These instructions, with “FOCI Standard Operating Instructions for NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN” present complete information for this cruise.

Area:
General geographic area (Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Shelikof Strait, etc).

Itinerary:
Departure date, deparure port
Arrival date, arrival port

Participating organizations:
NOAA - Alaska Fisheries Science Center  (AFSC)
NOAA - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory  (PMEL)
University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) 
Others, as needed

CRUISE DESCRIPTION:

Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI) is an effort by NOAA and associated academic scientists.   At present, FOCI consists of a Shelikof Strait (western Gulf of Alaska) walleye pollock project, and a NOAA Coastal Ocean Program project: Southeast Bering Sea Carrying Capacity.  FOCI also supports associated projects, such as the Arctic Research Initiative, U.S. GLOBEC and North Pacific Marine Research Program, that address scientific issues related to FOCI's mission.  FOCI's goal is to understand the effects of abiotic and biotic variability on ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea in order to discern the physical and biological processes that determine recruitment variability of commercially valuable finfish and shellfish stocks in Alaskan waters.

CRUISE OBJECTIVES:
List the objectives of the cruise as they pertain to the program.  (This section is not necessarily a list of operations).

1.0. PERSONNEL

1.1. Chief Scientist:
Name, sex, affiliation
Telephone number
E-mail address

The Chief Scientist has the authority to revise or alter the technical portion of the instructions as work progresses provided that, after consultation with the Commanding Officer, it is ascertained that the proposed changes will not: (1) jeopardize the safety of personnel or the ship; (2) exceed the overall time allotted for the project; (3) result in undue additional expenses; (4) alter the general intent of these project instructions.

1.2  Participating Scientists:
Name, sex, affiliation

1.3  NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific Contact:
Larry Mordock
NOAA/MOC-Pacific (MOP1)
1801 Fairview Ave. East
Seattle, WA  98102-3767
(206) 553 - 4764
Larry.Mordock@noaa.gov

1.4  Program Contacts:
Dr. Phyllis Stabeno	Dr. Jeff Napp
PMEL	AFSC
7600 Sand Point Way NE	7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA  98115	Seattle, WA  98115
(206) 526-6453	(206) 526-4148
Phyllis.Stabeno@noaa.gov	Jeff.Napp@noaa.gov

2.0. OPERATIONS

(This request should be modified to meet the needs of the cruise)
A standard oceanographic watch will be utilized which consists of a winch operator, a scientific staff of three and a Survey Tech on deck. Operations will be conducted 24 hours a day.

2.1. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES:
(Narrative description of operations.  Include mooring deployments, CTDs, bongos, etc.  Give a "snapshot" of the cruise.)

2.2   PROCEDURES FOR OPERATIONS:
The following are operations to be conducted on this cruise.  The procedures for these operations are listed in the FOCI Standard Operating Instructions (SOI).  Operations not addressed in the SOI and changes to standard procedures are addressed below.

(Edit this list to include only those operations specific to your cruise.)
•	CTD/Water samples   (SOI 2.2.1)
•	MARMAP bongo tow  (SOI 2.2.2)
•	Bongo larval condition tow  (SOI 2.2.3)
•	Live zooplankton ring net tow  (SOI 2.2.4)
•	MOCNESS  (SOI 2.2.5)
•	CalCOFI vertical egg tow  (SOI 2.2.6)
•	Methot trawl  (SOI 2.2.7)
•	Midwater trawl  (SOI 2.2.8)
•	Tucker trawl  (SOI 2.2.9)
•	Chlorophyll samples  (SOI 2.2.10)
•	Satellite tracked drifter buoy  (SOI 2.2.11)
•	EK500 monitoring  (SOI 2.2.12)
•	ADCP  (SOI 2.2.13)
•	Radiometer  (SOI 2.2.14)

(Include here any deviations from SOI and description of special operations.)

3.0. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

The following systems and their associated support services are essential to the cruise.  Sufficient consumables, back-up units, and on-site spares and technical support must be in place to assure that operational interruptions are minimal.  All measurement instruments are expected to have current calibrations, and all pertinent calibration information shall be included in the data package.

3.1  Equipment and Capabilities to be Provided by the Ship

(Edit this list to include only equipment needed for your cruise.)
•	Oceanographic winch with slip rings and 3-conductor cable terminated for CTD,
•	Wire-angle indicator and readout for oceanographic winch,
•	Oceanographic winch for bongo net (and other nets when used) with slip rings and 3-conductor cable terminated for the SeaCat,
•	Sea-Bird 911 plus CTD system with stand (back up system),
•	Each CTD system should include underwater CTD, weights, and pinger and there should be one deck unit and tape recorder for the two systems,
•	10-liter sampling bottles for use with rosette (10 plus 4 spares),
•	For CTD field corrections: AUTOSAL salinometer,
•	Sea-Bird SBE-19 Seacat system (backup system),
•	Meter block for plankton tows,
•	Wire speed indicators and readout for quarterdeck, Rowe and Marco winches,
•	For meteorological observations: 2 anemometers (one R. M. Young system interfaced to the SCS), calibrated air thermometer (wet-and dry-bulb) and a calibrated barometer and/or barograph,
•	Freezer space for storage of biological and chemical samples (blast and storage freezers),
•	Simrad EQ-50 echo sounder ,
•	JRC JFV-200R color sounder recorder,
•	RDI ADCP written to Iomega Zip drive,
•	Radar tracked drifter buoy,
•	Bench space in DataPlot for PCs, monitor,  printer and VCR to fly MOCNESS, 
•	Use of Pentium PC in DataPlot for data analysis, 
•	SCS (Scientific Computer System),
•	Aft Rowe winch with single conductor cable and slip rings for MOCNESS, 
•	Electrical connection between Rowe winch and DataPlot, 
•	Stern platform in place, 
•	Laboratory space with exhaust hood, sink, lab tables and storage space,
•	Sea-water hoses and nozzles to wash nets (quarterdeck and aft deck),
•	Adequate deck lighting for night-time operations,
•	Navigational equipment including GPS and radar ,
•	Safety harnesses for working on quarterdeck and fantail,

3.2  Equipment to be Provided by the Project

(Edit this list to include only equipment needed for your cruise.)
•	Sea-Bird 911 plus CTD system to be used with PMEL stand (primary system)
•	Sea-Bird SBE-19 Seacat system (primary system),
•	PMEL PC with SEASOFT software for CTD data collection and processing, 
•	Fluorometer and light meter to be mounted on CTD, 
•	CTD stand modified for attachment of fluorometer,
•	Conductivity and temperature sensor package to provide dual sensors on the primary CTD,
•	CTD rosette sampler,
•	IAPSO water,
•	XBTs for project, 
•	60-cm bongo sampling arrays,  
•	20 cm bongo arrays, 
•	Spare wire angle indicator,  
•	Tucker trawl, complete 1 M sampling array,  
•	ScanMar,  
•	Marinovich midwater trawl,  
•	Methot trawl,  
•	Rope trawl,  
•	CalVET net array,  
•	MOCNESS,  
•	Holy sock drogue for ship's radar tracked drifter buoy,  
•	Surface moorings (FOCI biophysical platforms), 
•	Subsurface moorings, 
•	TRAPs (Trawl Resistent ADCP Platforms),  
•	Argos tracked drifter buoys with optical sensors, 
•	Miscellaneous scientific sampling and processing equipment , 
•	Sorting tablesand baskets for processing trawl catches,  
•	Scientific ultra-cold freezer. 
•	Cruise Operations Database (COD)

3.3.  Scientific Computer System (SCS)
The ship's Scientific Computer System (SCS) shall operate throughout the cruise, acquiring and logging data from navigation, meteorological, oceanographic, and fisheries sensors.  See FOCI Standard Operating Instructions for specific requirements.

4.0  DATA AND REPORTS

Data disposition, responsibilities and data requirements are listed in the FOCI Standard Operating Instructions.

5.0  ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROJECTS

5.3  Piggyback projects:
None at this time.

6.0  MISCELLANEOUS

6.5.  Hazardous Materials:
The Chief Scientist shall be responsible for complying with NC Instruction 6280A, Hazardous Waste; policy, guidance, and training, dated February 4, 1991, paragraph 7.g and paragraph 9. By federal law, the ship may not sail without a complete inventory of MSDS, and appropriate neutralizing agents, buffers, and/or absorbents in amounts adequate to address spills of a size equal to the amount aboard.

The following hazardous materials will be provided and controlled by the scientists with the Chief Scientist assuming responsibility for the safe handling of such substances:

List Hazardous Materials Here!!!

 7.0  COMMUNICATIONS

7.4  Important phone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses:

PMEL
OERD2 (FOCI):
206-526-4700 (voice)
206-526-6485 (fax)
Admin:
206-526-6810 (voice)
206-526-6815 (fax)
E-Mail: 	LastName@pmel.noaa.gov  OR  FirstName.LastName@noaa.gov

AFSC
RACE (FOCI):
206-526-4171 (voice)
206-526-6723 (fax)
E-Mail:	FirstName.LastName@noaa.gov

MILLER FREEMAN (telephone methods listed in order of increasing expense)
Home port (Seattle, WA):
206-553-4589, 4581, 8344
Cellular (First dial the roamer, wait for dial tone, then dial cellular number.): 
Kodiak roamer	907-528-7626
Dutch Harbor roamer	907-391-7626
Ship's cellular number	206-660-7167
Inmarsat Mini-M
011-872-761-267-346 (voice/pbx)
011-872-761-267-347 (voice)
011-872-761-267-348 (fax)
Inmarsat B
011-872-330-394-113 (voice)
011-872-330-394-114 (fax)
E-Mail:	NOAA.Ship.Miller.Freeman@ noaa.gov (mention person in SUBJECT field)

Marine Operations Center, Pacific
Voice	206-553-4548
E-Mail:	FirstName.LastName@noaa.gov
E-Mail to radio room:	Radio.Room@noaa.gov

8.0. APPENDICES