SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography
SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography
SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography
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M. V. ALFRED NEEDLER<br />
� The M.V. Alfred Needler is a diesel-driven<br />
steam trawler owned by the federal Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Fisheries and Oceans. It is operated<br />
by DFO’s Scotia-Fundy Region and used for<br />
resource surveys and other fisheries research<br />
including acoustics, juvenile fish ecology and<br />
recruitment studies.<br />
� Principal statistics - built in 1982 . . . length<br />
50.3m . . . breadth 11.0m . . . draft 4.9m . . .<br />
freeboard to working deck 2.5m . . . 877<br />
tonnes displacement . . . 925 gross registered<br />
tons . . . 13.5 knot full speed . . . 12.0 knot<br />
service speed . . . 30 day endurance . . .<br />
3,000 n. mile range at service speed . . .<br />
scientific complement <strong>of</strong> 10 . . . contemporary<br />
communications systems, electronics,<br />
navigational aids, research equipment and<br />
fishing gear.<br />
� 203 (214) days at sea and 29,671 (28,827) n.<br />
miles steamed in 1986 (<strong>1987</strong>).<br />
VOYAGE<br />
YEAR<br />
NUMBER<br />
N056<br />
N057<br />
N058<br />
N059<br />
N060<br />
N061<br />
N062<br />
N063<br />
N064<br />
N065<br />
N066<br />
N067<br />
N068<br />
N069<br />
N070<br />
N071<br />
N072<br />
N073<br />
N074<br />
N075<br />
VOYAGE<br />
DATES<br />
1986<br />
Jan. 8-28<br />
Feb. 10-20<br />
Feb. 24-28<br />
Mar. 3-13<br />
Mar. 17-26<br />
Apr. 30-May 5<br />
May 19-30<br />
Jun. 2-20<br />
Jun. 24-28<br />
Jul. 7-17<br />
Jul. 21-30<br />
Aug. 25-Sep. 5<br />
Sep. 16-23<br />
Sep. 29-Oct. 10<br />
Oct. 14-23<br />
Oct. 28-Nov. 5<br />
Nov. 13-Dec. 1<br />
<strong>1987</strong><br />
Jan. 5- 11<br />
Feb. 2-6<br />
Feb. 7-10<br />
OFFICER<br />
IN<br />
CHARGE<br />
T. Rowell, BSB<br />
C. Dale, BSB<br />
D. Waldron, BSB<br />
J.S. Scott, BSB<br />
J. Hunt, BSB<br />
P. Ouellet, BSB<br />
D. Beanlands, BSB<br />
L. Dickie, BSB<br />
L. Fourtier, Gulf<br />
P. Koeller, BSB<br />
S. Smith, BSB<br />
R. Halliday, BSB<br />
D. Duggan, BSB<br />
W. Smith, BSB<br />
J. Hunt, BSB<br />
M. Buzeta, BSB<br />
W. Legge,<br />
Newfoundland<br />
D. Clay, Gulf<br />
M. Showell, BSB<br />
D. Clay, Gulf<br />
AREA<br />
OF<br />
OPERATION<br />
Miami - Halifax<br />
Emerald Basin<br />
NAFO 4X<br />
Georges Bank<br />
Scotian Shelf<br />
NAFO 4R and 4s<br />
Gulf <strong>of</strong> St.<br />
Lawrence<br />
Gulf <strong>of</strong> St.<br />
Lawrence<br />
Scotian Shelf<br />
Scotian Shelf<br />
Georges Bank<br />
Browns Bank<br />
Continental shelf<br />
Scotian Shelf<br />
Georges Bank<br />
NAFO 3L<br />
Southern Gulf <strong>of</strong><br />
St. Lawrence<br />
Scotian Shelf<br />
Southern Gulf <strong>of</strong><br />
St. Lawrence<br />
VOYAGE<br />
OBJECTIVES<br />
Determine spawning areas <strong>of</strong><br />
squid<br />
Larval/juvenile squid and deep<br />
sea fish species<br />
IOP training<br />
Groundfish survey<br />
Groundfish survey<br />
Shrimp larvae<br />
Groundfish survey<br />
Cod/capelin acoustics<br />
Herring larvae<br />
Standard groundfish survey<br />
Standard groundfish survey<br />
Scotian Slope fishes<br />
Lobster bycatch<br />
Redftsh survey<br />
Groundfish survey<br />
Groundfish survey<br />
Groundfish survey<br />
4T Groundfish<br />
abundance survey<br />
International observer<br />
training<br />
4T Groundfish abundance survey<br />
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