Cruise Number: MF99-10
FOCI Number: 6FOCI99
Ship: Miller Freeman
Area of Operations:
Gulf of AlaskaItinerary:
August 14, 1999 Depart Dutch HarborParticipating Organizations:
August 22, 1999 Arrive Ketchikan
NOAA - Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)Chief Scientist:
NOAA - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
Kevin M. Bailey, Alaska Fisheries Science CenterPersonnel:
206-526-4243
kevin.bailey@noaa.gov
Only chief scientist, Kevin BaileyObjectives of Cruise:
1. To occupy juvenile fish sampling stations from Unimak Pass to the Shumagin Islands.Summary of Operations:
2. To conduct a juvenile fish sampling survey in Kiluda, Chiniak and Marmot Bays.
3. To collect juvenile fish samples from selected stations in Prince William Sound.
Methot tows 23Summary of Cruise:
Methot samples in formalin 20
Frozen age-0 pollock 21
The first section of the cruise was accomplished with the Chief Survey Tech supervising Methot tows. This included the operations from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak where the Chief Scientist embarked. The ship then continued sampling Chiniak and Marmot Bays. Catches were dominated by jellyfish, and few age-0 pollock were caught.Attachments:The ship then proceeded to Prince William Sound to conduct a series of Methot tows for samples of juvenile pollock at selected stations. Catches were dominated by jellyfish and very few pollock were caught. Several tows in Prince William Sound were discarded because they were almost completely jellyfish, no pollock were caught, and the purpose of the tows was to collect pollock samples.
The Chief Scientist was dropped off by launch on the beach at Cordova on August 19 and the ship proceeded to Ketchikan for its scheduled dry-dock maintenance.
The officers and crew of the Miller Freeman did a good job meeting the demands of the scientific sampling required during this cruise. This cruise was an addition to the ship's busy schedule before the Ketchikan in-port, and the flexibility of the crew and officers was appreciated.
Table 1. MF99-10 Cruise summary
Date | Time | FOCI | Alternate | Depth | |||||||||
(GMT) | (GMT) | Station | Haul | Grid No. | Station No. | (m) | Latitude N | Longitude W | Gear | Samples Collected | Haul Comments | ||
15-Aug | 10:21 | 1 | 1 | GF107' | ' | 106 | 54° | 24.50' | 164° | 04.29' | Meth' | JellyWgt',J-Oto',QTowF' | 10 pollock removed. 126 grams of jellyfish discarded. Euphausiids split in half by volume (576 grams total) and preserved in 2 jars. 1 jar of preserved misc larvae. |
16-Aug | 9:09 | 2 | 1 | GZ153' | ' | 105 | 56° | 02.56' | 157° | 06.03' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 484 grams jellyfish removed. |
16-Aug | 23:18 | 3 | 1 | HL183' | ' | 120 | 57° | 10.23' | 152° | 40.59' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 3.42 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 0:32 | 4 | 1 | ' | ' | 95 | 57° | 17.10' | 152° | 55.48' | Meth' | JellyWgt',J-Wght',QTowF' | 17.92 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 1:17 | 5 | 1 | ' | ' | 99 | 57° | 18.71' | 153° | 03.49' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 6.1 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 3:28 | 6 | 1 | HL185' | ' | 83 | 57° | 17.34' | 152° | 28.26' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 5.87 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 7:54 | 7 | 1 | HH193' | ' | 174 | 58° | 00.20' | 152° | 01.70' | Meth' | JellyWgt',J-Oto',QTowF' | 3 pollock removed. 444 of 856 grams of euphausiids preserved. 26.7 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 9:10 | 8 | 1 | HJ193' | ' | 65 | 57° | 53.25' | 151° | 48.93' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | One 20 gram flathead sole discarded. 1.7 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 10:15 | 9 | 1 | HJ191' | ' | 98 | 57° | 45.86' | 152° | 02.13' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 9.97 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 11:51 | 10 | 1 | ' | ' | 121 | 57° | 40.48' | 152° | 21.15' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | One adult pollock removed. 6.23 kg jellyfish removed. 242 of 952 grams of euphausiids preserved. |
17-Aug | 12:32 | 11 | 1 | ' | ' | 152 | 57° | 43.14' | 152° | 20.30' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 8.49 kg jelly fish removed. 482 grams of 3.48 kg sample preserved. |
17-Aug | 17:19 | 12 | 1 | ' | ' | 70 | 57° | 52.21' | 152° | 15.68' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 5.52 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 18:33 | 13 | 1 | HF191' | ' | 67 | 57° | 59.72' | 152° | 26.82' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 1.348 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 20:19 | 14 | 1 | ' | ' | 60 | 57° | 49.36' | 152° | 51.48' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 18.9 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 21:27 | 15 | 1 | ' | ' | 115 | 57° | 55.11' | 152° | 41.60' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 1.18 kg jellyfish removed. |
17-Aug | 23:33 | 16 | 1 | ' | ' | 167 | 58° | 09.66' | 152° | 14.51' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | Sinking time may be incorrect. .474 kg of 8.8 kg sample fixed. 5.24 jellyfish removed. |
18-Aug | 0:50 | 17 | 1 | ' | ' | 70 | 58° | 08.34' | 151° | 57.23' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 3.78 kg jellyfish removed. |
18-Aug | 16:27 | 18 | 1 | ' | ' | 107 | 60° | 15.36' | 147° | 42.85' | Meth' | JellyWgt',J-Oto',QTowF' | 3 pollock removed. 2.75 kg jellyfish removed. |
18-Aug | 21:16 | 19 | 1 | ' | ' | 56 | 60° | 17.86' | 147° | 02.62' | Meth' | JellyWgt',QTowF' | 8.1 kg jellyfish removed. |
18-Aug | 21:42 | 20 | 1 | ' | ' | 63 | 60° | 18.46' | 146° | 59.28' | Meth' | Discard' | No pollock; tow discarded. |
18-Aug | 23:18 | 21 | 1 | ' | ' | 61 | 60° | 30.43' | 146° | 10.55' | Meth' | J-Wght',QTowF' | 62 kg jellyfish removed. |
18-Aug | 23:52 | 22 | 1 | ' | ' | 126 | 60° | 31.84' | 146° | 34.70' | Meth' | Discard' | No pollock; tow discarded. |
19-Aug | 2:09 | 23 | 1 | ' | ' | 178 | 60° | 36.57' | 145° | 55.81' | Meth' | Discard' | Searching for pollock. |
Figure 1. Stations occupied during MF99-10.