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CRUISE REPORT
Cruise Number: MF99-10
FOCI Number: 6FOCI99
Ship: Miller Freeman
Area of Operations:
Gulf of Alaska
Itinerary:
August 14, 1999 Depart Dutch
Harbor
August 22, 1999 Arrive Ketchikan
Participating Organizations:
NOAA - Alaska Fisheries Science
Center (AFSC)
NOAA - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
(PMEL)
Chief Scientist:
Kevin M. Bailey, Alaska Fisheries
Science Center
206-526-4243
kevin.bailey@noaa.gov
Personnel:
Only chief scientist, Kevin
Bailey
Objectives of Cruise:
1. To occupy juvenile fish sampling
stations from Unimak Pass to the Shumagin Islands.
2. To conduct a juvenile fish sampling
survey in Kiluda, Chiniak and Marmot Bays.
3. To collect juvenile fish samples from
selected stations in Prince William Sound.
Summary of Operations:
Methot tows 23
Methot samples in formalin 20
Frozen age-0 pollock 21
Summary of Cruise:
The first section of the cruise
was accomplished with the Chief Survey Tech supervising Methot tows. This
included the operations from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak where the Chief Scientist
embarked. The ship then continued sampling Chiniak and Marmot Bays. Catches
were dominated by jellyfish, and few age-0 pollock were caught.
The ship then proceeded to Prince William
Sound to conduct a series of Methot tows for samples of juvenile pollock
at selected stations. Catches were dominated by jellyfish and very few
pollock were caught. Several tows in Prince William Sound were discarded
because they were almost completely jellyfish, no pollock were caught,
and the purpose of the tows was to collect pollock samples.
The Chief Scientist was dropped off by
launch on the beach at Cordova on August 19 and the ship proceeded to Ketchikan
for its scheduled dry-dock maintenance.
The officers and crew of the Miller Freeman
did a good job meeting the demands of the scientific sampling required
during this cruise. This cruise was an addition to the ship's busy schedule
before the Ketchikan in-port, and the flexibility of the crew and officers
was appreciated.
Attachments:
Table 1. MF99-10 Cruise summary
| Date |
Time |
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FOCI |
Alternate |
Depth |
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|
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|
| (GMT) |
(GMT) |
Station |
Haul |
Grid No. |
Station No. |
(m) |
Latitude
N |
Longitude
W |
Gear |
Samples Collected |
Haul Comments |
| 15-Aug |
10:21 |
1 |
1 |
GF107' |
' |
106 |
54° |
24.50' |
164° |
04.29' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',J-Oto',QTowF' |
10 pollock removed. 126 grams of jellyfish
discarded. Euphausiids split in half by volume (576 grams total) and preserved
in 2 jars. 1 jar of preserved misc larvae. |
| 16-Aug |
9:09 |
2 |
1 |
GZ153' |
' |
105 |
56° |
02.56' |
157° |
06.03' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
484 grams jellyfish removed. |
| 16-Aug |
23:18 |
3 |
1 |
HL183' |
' |
120 |
57° |
10.23' |
152° |
40.59' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
3.42 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
0:32 |
4 |
1 |
' |
' |
95 |
57° |
17.10' |
152° |
55.48' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',J-Wght',QTowF' |
17.92 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
1:17 |
5 |
1 |
' |
' |
99 |
57° |
18.71' |
153° |
03.49' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
6.1 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
3:28 |
6 |
1 |
HL185' |
' |
83 |
57° |
17.34' |
152° |
28.26' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
5.87 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
7:54 |
7 |
1 |
HH193' |
' |
174 |
58° |
00.20' |
152° |
01.70' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',J-Oto',QTowF' |
3 pollock removed. 444 of 856 grams of
euphausiids preserved. 26.7 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
9:10 |
8 |
1 |
HJ193' |
' |
65 |
57° |
53.25' |
151° |
48.93' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
One 20 gram flathead sole discarded.
1.7 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
10:15 |
9 |
1 |
HJ191' |
' |
98 |
57° |
45.86' |
152° |
02.13' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
9.97 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
11:51 |
10 |
1 |
' |
' |
121 |
57° |
40.48' |
152° |
21.15' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
One adult pollock removed. 6.23 kg jellyfish
removed. 242 of 952 grams of euphausiids preserved. |
| 17-Aug |
12:32 |
11 |
1 |
' |
' |
152 |
57° |
43.14' |
152° |
20.30' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
8.49 kg jelly fish removed. 482 grams
of 3.48 kg sample preserved. |
| 17-Aug |
17:19 |
12 |
1 |
' |
' |
70 |
57° |
52.21' |
152° |
15.68' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
5.52 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
18:33 |
13 |
1 |
HF191' |
' |
67 |
57° |
59.72' |
152° |
26.82' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
1.348 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
20:19 |
14 |
1 |
' |
' |
60 |
57° |
49.36' |
152° |
51.48' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
18.9 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
21:27 |
15 |
1 |
' |
' |
115 |
57° |
55.11' |
152° |
41.60' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
1.18 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 17-Aug |
23:33 |
16 |
1 |
' |
' |
167 |
58° |
09.66' |
152° |
14.51' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
Sinking time may be incorrect. .474 kg
of 8.8 kg sample fixed. 5.24 jellyfish removed. |
| 18-Aug |
0:50 |
17 |
1 |
' |
' |
70 |
58° |
08.34' |
151° |
57.23' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
3.78 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 18-Aug |
16:27 |
18 |
1 |
' |
' |
107 |
60° |
15.36' |
147° |
42.85' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',J-Oto',QTowF' |
3 pollock removed. 2.75 kg jellyfish
removed. |
| 18-Aug |
21:16 |
19 |
1 |
' |
' |
56 |
60° |
17.86' |
147° |
02.62' |
Meth' |
JellyWgt',QTowF' |
8.1 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 18-Aug |
21:42 |
20 |
1 |
' |
' |
63 |
60° |
18.46' |
146° |
59.28' |
Meth' |
Discard' |
No pollock; tow discarded. |
| 18-Aug |
23:18 |
21 |
1 |
' |
' |
61 |
60° |
30.43' |
146° |
10.55' |
Meth' |
J-Wght',QTowF' |
62 kg jellyfish removed. |
| 18-Aug |
23:52 |
22 |
1 |
' |
' |
126 |
60° |
31.84' |
146° |
34.70' |
Meth' |
Discard' |
No pollock; tow discarded. |
| 19-Aug |
2:09 |
23 |
1 |
' |
' |
178 |
60° |
36.57' |
145° |
55.81' |
Meth' |
Discard' |
Searching for pollock. |
Figure 1. Stations occupied during MF99-10.
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