In 1994 a cruise of alltogether 4 weeks took place in the North Atlantik, west of Ireland. One intermediate stop in Gallway (Ireland) was sheduled to change crew members. The main task of this cruise was the investigation of the recruitment of fish larvies offshore Ireland, shelf edge fisheries and oceanography studies. Moreover we obtained CTD measurements in the area of the Porcupine Bank as well as to determine the zooplankton distribution on an extensive grid. More on equipment we used is shown in the picture gallery of the Heinke 92 cruise into the North Sea.

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Heincke cruise 1994
This is the FS Heinke in Galway, Ireland. Du to heavy weather and the exchange of a few people we stayed alltogether 3 days in this nice little town.
Heincke cruise 1994
Reparation of the plankton nets. During this cruise I got my diploma in reparation on these nets. Because of the storm we lost a lot of them and without the reparation we had not enought of them for the whole cruise.
Heincke cruise 1994
Deployment of the multi plankton net. Picture has been taken from my cabin.
Heincke cruise 1994
This is the CTD with water sampler around of it we used on the cruise.
Heincke cruise 1994
Departure from Gallway.
Heincke cruise 1994
Preparation of the plankton net. The red bottles at the end of each net contain the caught pankton. During the time of steaming to the next station this plankton has to be filtered and stored in formol for further analyses in the laboratory.
Heincke cruise 1994
A few from the bridge during moderate weather conditions.

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