Mooring site

Mooring site

Western Core box area

Possible calibration site

JR245 (WCB)/JR246 (HS)/JR247(AFI-KRILL)

Primary objective: KRILL Primary method: Target fishing

AFI-KRILLScience:Krill nutrient cyclingiron chemistry

Personnel:Angus Atkinson (BAS)Katrin Schmidt (BAS)Hugh Venables (BAS)Christian Schlosser (NOC)Sophie Fielding (BAS)Peter Enderlein (BAS)

Equipment:RMT8MOCNESS/Ring net (backup)GO-FLOSAPsTowed iron fishEK60/ADCP

WCBScience:WCB krill biomassMooring deployment/recoveryEK60 calibration

Personnel:Gabi Stowasser (BAS)AN Other (BAS)Sophie Fielding (BAS)Peter Enderlein (BAS)

Equipment:RMT8EK60/ADCPMoorings

AFI-CGSScience:Thermal tolerance krill

Personnel:Geraint Tarling (BAS)Magnus Johnson (Uni Hull)AN Other (?)

Equipment:RMT8MOCNESS

Total personnel 8 (11 with the 3 unconfirmed) + 1 NMF + 1 directorate

Sampling strategy: AFI-KRILLTask TimeLocate a krill swarm acoustically ?Target fish with an RMT8 (require >100 live and kicking krill) 1 hrAcoustic grid to locate swarm again 2 hrSAPS deployed through krill swarm 5 hrCTD (chl sample from krill swarm depth) 1 hrGO-FLO profile 3 hr

Total 12 hr + ?Sampling strategy: WCB

Task TimeMooring recovery (P2,P3,WCB) 12 hr eachMooring CTD 3 hr eachMooring deployment (P2,P3,WCB) 12 hr each8 acoustic transects 4 hr each6 CTDs 9 hr6 RMT8 oblique hauls (1.5hr each) 9 hrEK60 calibration 12 hrTarget fish with an RMT8 24 hrTransit ? hr

Total 167 hr + ?

Station name Activity lon lat dist, n.mi. dist, km speed txt time, h activity time, h date/time started date/time completed

Option 1

Stanley -57.8232 -51.6914 01/01/2009 08:00 01/01/2009 08:00

Stanley -57.8232 -51.6914 0.0 0.0 10.5 0.00 24.0 01/01/2009 08:00 02/01/2009 08:00

P2   -41.3585 -55.2587 623.9 1155.5 10.5 59.42 0.0 02/01/2009 08:00 04/01/2009 19:25

P2 Recover mooring -41.3585 -55.2587 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 14.0 04/01/2009 19:25 05/01/2009 09:25

P3 -40.1139 -52.8087 153.4 284.1 10.5 14.61 0.0 05/01/2009 09:25 06/01/2009 00:01

P3 Recover mooring -40.1139 -52.8087 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 12.0 06/01/2009 00:01 06/01/2009 12:01

Bird Island -38.02 -54.01 103.9 192.5 10.5 9.90 0.0 06/01/2009 12:01 06/01/2009 21:55

Western Core Box Target fishing -38.02 -54.01 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 8.0 06/01/2009 21:55 07/01/2009 05:55

Western Core Box Transect pair 1 -38.02 -54.01 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 24.0 07/01/2009 05:55 08/01/2009 05:55

Western Core Box Transect pair 2 -38.02 -54.01 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 24.0 08/01/2009 05:55 09/01/2009 05:55

Western Core Box Transect pair 3 -38.02 -54.01 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 24.0 09/01/2009 05:55 10/01/2009 05:55

Western Core Box Transect pair 4 -38.02 -54.01 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 24.0 10/01/2009 05:55 11/01/2009 05:55

Western Core Box Recover WCB mooring -38.02 -54.01 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 24.0 11/01/2009 05:55 12/01/2009 05:55

Western Core Box Calibration -38.02 -54.01 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 24.0 12/01/2009 05:55 13/01/2009 05:55

Western Core Box Target fishing -38.02 -54.01 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 24.0 13/01/2009 05:55 14/01/2009 05:55

Western Core Box Bentho-pelagic coupling -38.02 -54.01 0.0 0.0 10 0.00 24.0 14/01/2009 05:55 15/01/2009 05:55

P3   -40.1139 -52.8087 103.9 192.5 10.5 9.90 0.0 15/01/2009 05:55 15/01/2009 15:49

P3 deploy mooring -40.1139 -52.8087 0.0 0.0 10.5 0.00 8.0 15/01/2009 15:49 15/01/2009 23:49

P2   -41.3585 -55.2587 153.4 284.1 10.5 14.61 0.0 15/01/2009 23:49 16/01/2009 14:26

P2 deploy mooring -41.3585 -55.2587 0.0 0.0 10.5 0.00 8.0 16/01/2009 14:26 16/01/2009 22:26

Stanley -57.8232 -51.6914 623.9 1155.5 10.5 59.42 0.0 16/01/2009 22:26 19/01/2009 09:51

Stanley -57.8232 -51.6914 0.0 0.0 10.5 0.00 8.0 19/01/2009 09:51 19/01/2009 17:51

1762.5 3264.1 18.41

Example WCB timings