Date: June 29, 1999
FINAL CRUISE INSTRUCTIONS
NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN
Cruise No: MF99-10
FOCI No: 6MF99
Applicability:
These instructions, with "FOCI
Standard Operating Instructions for NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN, 1999"
present complete information for this cruise.
Area:
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)
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 NSF Inner Front Study, that address scientific issues
related to FOCI's. 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:
1. To conduct a series of Methot trawls for juvenile pollock while in
transit from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak, and in Kiluda Bay, Kodiak Island.
2. To conduct a series of Methot trawls in Marmot and Chiniak Bay, Kodiak
Island.
3. To collect samples of age-0 juvenile pollock in Prince William Sound,
Alaska.
1.0. PERSONNEL
1.1. Chief Scientist:
2.0. OPERATIONS
A standard oceanographic watch will be utilized which consists of a
fishing crew and winch operators, a scientist, and a Survey Tech on deck.
Operations will be conducted 24 hours a day. All other operations will
be conducted in accordance with the Standard Operating Instructions.
2. 1. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES:
Phase 1. The ship will transit from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak Island. While
in transit two Methot trawls will be conducted for samples of age-0 juvenile
pollock. A set of 3 Methot tows will be conducted in Kiluda Bay (see Appendices
1 and 3). Tows will be conducted by the survey tech, as there will be no
scientist onboard for this phase. Samples of up to 50 age-0 pollock will
be frozen from these series of tows. Frozen samples will be put in ziplock
bags, labelled by station, and placed in the -80 freezer (pdority 1). Up
to 30 pollock will be removed from each tow, placed in jars with labels
and preserved in 95% ethanol (priority 2). The remainder of each sample
(including zooplankton and other fish) will be fixed in 5% buffered formalin
in labelled jars (priority 3). There is a request from Michiyo Shima (REFM)
to record fish sign (paper trace) on the EK-500 on the east side of Kodiak
Island. It is requested that the EK-500 be turned on at about Chirikof
Island and left on until the Kodiak TNG.
Phase 2. The chief scientist will be picked up in Kodiak (TNG) on the
evening of August 16th. A series of Methot stations will be occupied in
Chiniak and Marmot Bay (about 10 tows; see Appendices 1 and 3). Fifty specimens
of age-0 pollock from Marmot Bay and 50 specimens from Chiniak Bay will
be frozen. Up to 30 pollock from each tow will be preserved in ethanol.
The remainder of each sample will be fixed in formalin. In Chiniak Bay
a mooring will be picked up for Bill Parker of PMEL. More information on
the mooring location will be provided by Parker.
Phase 3. The ship will transit to Prince William Sound and a series
of Methot tows (about 5) will be conducted there (see Appendices 2 and
3) to collect samples of age-0 walleye pollock. One hundred specimens of age-0 pollock will be frozen. Up to 30 pollock from
each tow will be preserved in ethanol. The remainder of each sample will
be fixed in formalin. The chief scientist will be dropped off in Cordova.
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.
Methot trawl (SOI 2.2.7)
3.0. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
The following systems and their associated support services are essential
to"the cruise. Sufficient consurnables, 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
Meter block for plankton tows,
Wre 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-20OR color sounder recorder,
Use of 386 PC in DataPlot for data analysis,
SCS (Shipboard Computer System),
Electrical connection between Rowe winch and DataPlot,
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 quarter deck and fantail.
3.2 Equipment to be Provided by the Project
ScanMar,
Methot trawl,
Miscellaneous scientific sampling and processing equipment,
Scientific ultra-cold freezer,
Discrete Sample Data Base software and forms.
3.3. Ship's 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:
The EK-500 will be recording data for Michiyo Shima (REFM) on the east
side of Kodiak 1.
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:
Formalin
Ethanol
7.0 COMMUNICATIONS
7.4 Important phone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses:
PMEL/CARD Fax: (206) 526-6485
PMEL/ADMIN Fax: (206) 526-6815
AFSC/RACE Fax: (206) 526-6723
MILLER FREEMAN INMARSAT VOICE: 011-872-330-394-113
MILLER FREEMAN INMARSAT FAX: 011-872-761-267-348
CELLULAR: 206-660-7167
DUTCH HARBOR ROAMER: 907-391-7626
KODIAK ROAMER: 907-528-7626
8.0. APPENDICES
1. Map of station locations in transit and around
Kodiak Island
2. Map of station locations in Prince William
Sound
3. List of station locations for MF99-1 0
