PROCELT 1

Name: PROCELT 1
Start: 1984-06-05
End: 1984-06-29
Location: Bay of Biscay

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Thalassa
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	05/06/1984 - 29/06/1984
Chief scientist(s)	LATROUITE Daniel
	SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES HALIEUTIQUES - PLOUZANÉ Centre Ifremer Bretagne ZI Pointe du Diable CS 10070 29280 Plouzané +33 (0)2 98 22 43 66
DOI	10.17600/84004111
Objective	Assessment of the benthic and demersal resources at the edge of the Celtic Sea in order to study the possibilities of extending traditional fishing grounds. Research on possibilities of adding value to currently unexploited species. Ichthyological observations and sampling of material for fundamental studies.

Sea/Ocean

Bay of Biscay

Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Ports

Port of departure : Nantes (France)

Port of return : Nantes (France)

Scientific Authority

SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES HALIEUTIQUES - PLOUZANÉ

Centre Ifremer Bretagne

ZI Pointe du Diable

29280 Plouzané

+33 (0)2 98 22 43 66

Participating bodie(s)

Ifremer - Station de Roscoff

Discipline(s)

FISHERIES
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B18	Zoobenthos	81	LATROUITE Daniel
B19	Demersal fish	81 specimens	LATROUITE Daniel
B21	Crustaceans	81 specimens	LATROUITE Daniel
D90	Other physical oceanographic meas. Mesures isolees de temperature au fond	72 measurements	LATROUITE Daniel
H13	Bathythermograph XBT	-	LATROUITE Daniel

Summary of measurements

-83 trawl hauls (Lofoten) in a 200 to 800 meters band from 47 deg 30N (La Chapelle) to 52N (Porcupine), i.e. the shelf edge of the Celtic Sea.
-46 Sippican XBT bathythermographs (40 of which were successful).
-35 Bottom temperature measurements.

Location map

Positionning system

Geodetic system : VALEUR INDEFINIE

Bibliography

References of Technical Reports

Charlot Caroline (2000). De I'estimation de la biomasse minimale à I'estimation de la biomasse totale (des campagnes Procelt aux campagnes Observhal).

Latrouite Daniel, Dorel Didier, Dupouy Herve, Quero Jean-Claude (1985). Campagne PROCELT1 : prospection des ressources halieutiques benthiques et démersales aux accores du plateau celtique. PROCELT 1- 5 AU 28 JUIN 1984. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1199/