2022 NF-POGO-Eurofleets+-DTU Aqua Shipboard Training Fellowship onboard HERAS cruise

General Information

22 Jun 2022 to 7 Jul 2022

This cruise forms part of an international coordinated survey monitoring the populations of herring and sprat in the North Sea and adjacent waters. The whole survey area is covered annually during June and July by vessels from Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark. The Danish vessel, Dana, has participated in this survey since its beginning in 1981 and will participate again in 2022.

This survey uses a combination of acoustic methods and biological sampling of pelagic fish to achieve the following

  1. Map distribution of sprat and herring in the survey area.
  2. Provide indices of abundance and biomass by age of the sprat and herring stocks in the survey area for use in population assessments and fisheries advice.
  3. Provide information on hydrographic conditions throughout the survey area to help understand relationships with pelagic fish distribution.
  4. Provide information on zooplankton dryweight biomass in survey area to investigate relationships with abundance and distribution of pelagic fish.

Priority areas

The DANA IBTS cruise involve bottom trawling, zooplancton sampling, CTD, water profiles and acoustic monitoring 

What is offered

During the campaign, deep-stratified demersal trawls for fish stocks are conducted at daytime and paired with other measurements (e.g., hydrographic, physico-chemical, biological) at night-time.

The trainee will collaborate with the scientific crew in all sampling activities during the entirety of the cruise.

Application

Who can apply

The trainee will be selected from the list of valid applications to the 2022 Open Call for NF-POGO Visiting Fellowship for Shipboard Training. 

How to apply

The trainee will be selected from the list of valid applications to the 2022 Open Call for NF-POGO Visiting Fellowship for Shipboard Training. 

Review process

The trainee will be selected from the list of valid applications to the 2022 Open Call for NF-POGO Visiting Fellowship for Shipboard Training. 

Terms

  1. The fellowship DOES cover a round-trip ticket between the home institute of the trainee and the host institution; accommodation prior to the ship departure (if applicable); seafaring medical and sea survival course (if required).
  2. The fellowship DOES NOT cover expenses incurred by the fellow in their own nation (domestic travel, visa costs, personal insurance etc.), and the host institute will waive ship messing fee and any bench fees that they may normally charge trainees.
  3. POGO assumes no responsibility for compensation in the event of sickness, accident, death or disability of a Fellowship holder, nor does it arrange for insurance of a trainee or reimburse premiums paid therefore. It is the responsibility of the trainee to arrange travel insurance to cover the time taken to travel to the ship and for the subsequent return home, as well as to ensure suitable insurance cover is provided by the parent institute for the duration of the cruise.
  4. The trainees are not considered agents or members of the staff of POGO, and shall not be entitled to any privileges, immunities, compensation or reimbursements, except as otherwise provided herein, nor are the trainees authorised to commit POGO to any expenditure or other obligation.
  5. The trainee and the supervisors at the parent and host institutes are required to provide a short fellowship report at the end of the training period, to evaluate the success of the fellowship programme. 
  6. By registering you agree that the personal data provided will be used to communicate with you about the training, and for POGO internal procedures and reporting. We limit access to and use of your personal data to authorised persons only, in line with POGO Privacy Policy .