Field Activity 1989-023-FA

Identifier 1989-023-FA
Alternate names SJHN 89-1
Purpose Geological and biological observations of eastern Georges Bank. Abundance and distribution of juvenile cod and haddock in relation to bottom sediment type. Mapping sediment distribution and bottom morphology; sediment transport.
Location Eastern Georges Bank, United States, Canada, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary 23 samples; 454 km echo sounding profiles.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Page Valentine, Eric Strom, Nancy Soderberg. Project = EEZ Geology, EEZ Geology
Platform
Seward Johnson
Length: 204 feet; Beam: 40 feet.
Johnson Sea-link
Itinerary
Start Gloucester, MA 1989-08-08
End Gloucester, MA 1989-08-14
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -67.14065202
East -65.88500977
North 42.2167609
South 41.671088

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Page C Valentine
Crew members
Page C Valentine
Scientist, Staff
Soderberg, Nancy K.
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Gregory Lough, National Marine Fisheries Service
Affiliate staff Eric Strom; NMFS - Gregory Lough, Dave Potter, George Bolz, Elizabeth Broughton, Geoffery Laurence; Canada - Stratis Gavaris (Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, St. Andrews, NB); URI - Edward Durbin

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Sampling, Location-Elevation
Data type: Photo, Video, Biology, Geology, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report with ship, personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, submersible dive log and sediment sample locations, plus cruise report from NMFS juvenile fish survey aboard the CHAPMAN, August 1-12, 1989 on Georges Bank.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Camera- deep sea Photo (no data reported)
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
Push corer (wh) Biology, Geology 1
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1989-023-FA-SC-001 Push corer (wh) DREDGE, GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity