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 per day.

The operations during Cruise MF00-05 will consist of a combination of mooring recoveries, mooring deployments, CTD casts, Bongo net tows along with pollock egg sampling through out the cruise. Seimac Drifting Buoys will be deployed during the cruise at the discretion of the Chief Scientist.

CD lines are planned at Unimak Pass, the mooring locations and between sites #3 and #6. Other CTDs may also be completed.

Pavlof Bay- Recover one mooring. Deploy one mooring.

Bristol Bay- Recover two moorings. Deploy two moorings.

Site # 2- Recover three moorings. Deploy three moorings.

Site # 4- Deploy two moorings.

Site # 3- Deploy three moorings.

Site # 6- Recover one mooring. Deploy one mooring.

In the event that conditions prohibit mooring deployments/ recoveries, operations will focus on CTD lines to be selected by the Chief Scientist.

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.

Mooring calibration CTDs will be completed before each mooring recovery and after each mooring deployment.

Details and times of these operations are specified in the Appendices.

Mooring operations will begin at Pavlof Bay with the recovery and re-deployment of one mooring (subsurface).

CTD lines will be completed in the Unimak Pass area. A Seimac drifting buoy will be deployed on the Bering Sea  Side on Unimak Pass.

A touch and go in Dutch Harbor to load MF00-05 mooring hardware and supplies.

Northeast of Unimak Pass, the CTD line B will be completed.

Next the Bristol Bay mooring operations will consist of the recovery and re-deployment of the AFSC CRAB Program Moorings (two subsurface). After completing the CRAB mooring work the ship will transit to Site #2.

At Site #2, mooring recoveries (three subsurface), deployments (one surface, two subsurface), CTDs and Bongo tows will be completed with the CTD/ Bongo grid around the mooring #2 location.

AT Site #4, two moorings (subsurface) will be deployed along with a CTD/Bongo grid around the mooring #4 location.

Upon completion of the site #4 operations, a search for mooring 97IFP-2 may be attempted. This operation will depend upon the southern extent of the ice at the mooring location south of Nunivak Is.

After completing the Nunivak operation, the ship will proceed to Site #3. At Site #3 two moorings (surface and subsurface) will be deployed. The CTD/Bongo grid around the mooring site will be completed.

The CTD line between the shelf break south of Site #3 to Site#6 will be the final CTD line completed.

At Site #6 the 1000 meter mooring (subsurface)will be recovered and re-deployed. The CTDs at mooring Site #6 will be completed before recovery and after deployment. A Seimac drifting buoy will be deployed at Siite #6.

Another Seimac drifting buoy will be deployed enroute from Site #6 to Dutch Harbor.

This will complete the planned operations for MF00-05.

Mooring recoveries/ deployments (Mooring diagrams will be provided to ship by chief scientist before cruise)

CTD/Water samples (SOI 2.2.1)

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)

Bongo tows (SOI 2.2.2)

The following systems and their associated support services are essential to the cruise. Sufficient consumable, 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.

Oceanographic winch with slip rings and 3-conductor cable terminated for CTD,

EK-500,

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 to be used with PMEL stand (primary system)

(The underwater CTD unit should have mounts compatible with the PMEL CTD stand),

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,

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 drives,

Use of Pentium PC in DataPlot for data analysis,

SCS (Shipboard Computer System),

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.

PMEL PC with SEASOFT software for CTD data collection and processing,

Fluorometer, light meter, and chlorophyll absorbance meter (ChlAM) to be mounted on CTD,

For CTD field corrections: IAPSO water,

CTD stand modified for attachment of fluorometer,

Conductivity and temperature sensor package to provide dual sensors on the primary CTD,

CTD rosette sampler,

Seimac O2L Drifting Buoys,

60-cm bongo sampling arrays,

20-cm bongo arrays,

Spare wire angle indicator,

Surface moorings (FOCI biophysical platforms),

Subsurface moorings,

Miscellaneous scientific sampling and processing equipment,

Scientific ultra-cold freezer,

Discrete Sample Data Base software and forms.

The (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.

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

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 adsorbents in amounts adequate to address spills of a size equal to the amount aboard.

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 COMSAT (government account numbers): These are much cheaper than Inmarsat direct numbers and should always be used first.

800-678-0872, after voice prompt dial 761-267-347, after tone dial customer ID# (Voice)

800-678-0872, after voice prompt dial 761-267-348, after tone dial customer ID# (Fax)

PI's should establish their ID#'s with their program.

Inmarsat (direct numbers)

M Voice: 011-872-761-267-347

M Fax: 011-872-761-267-348

CELLULAR: 206-660-7167

KODIAK ROAMER: 907-528-7626

DUTCH HARBOR ROAMER: 907-391-7626

(First dial the roamer, wait for dial tone, then dial cellular number.)

1. CTD and mooring locations

2. Mooring plot.