Plattform Platform	Reise-Nr. Cruise-No.	Zeitraum Period	Projekt Project	Arbeitsgebiet Working area
Solea	791	05.05.2021 - 18.05.2021	DAM-MGF-NORDSEE	North Sea

Fahrtleiter Chief Scientist	Institut Institute	Auslaufhafen Port of departure	Einlaufhafen Port of return	Stationskarte Station map	Schiffsroute Trackchart
Haslob Holger	Thunen-Institut fur Seefischerei	Cuxhaven	Cuxhaven

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

This cruise was carried out within the DAM pilot project "Exclusion of Mobile Bottom-Fishing in the German Natura 2000 Areas of the North Sea". The main goal was the investigation of the demersal fish and epibenthic fauna in the area of the Sylter Outer Reef. Beside the standard gear to quantify demersal fish (7m beam trawl with tickler chains) a smaller beam trawl (3m) with a similar rigging was deployed in order to compare the catchability of the two gears. Further, a 2m beam trawl to quantify epibenthic organisms was deployed. In order to test less invasive methods to monitor the fish community in marine protected areas baited remote underwater video devices (BRUV) were deployed on some selected stations. Good weather conditions throughout the cruise enabled successful station work and most of the stations were covered with the planned gears. However, because of ongoing activities of pot fishery in the northern and central part of the investigation area not all stations could be fished with the 7m beam trawl. The cruise started on the 6th May in Cuxhaven and ended there on the 18th May 2021.

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