CMarZ maintains a list of research cruises, fisheries resource and environmental surveys, ships of opportunity, and commercial fishing or shipping vessel tracks. Cruises are listed by ocean region.

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Antarctic / Southern Ocean

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Arctic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

The French program OISO ( http://www.ipsl.jussieu.fr/services/Observations/fr/OISO.htm) may provide opportunities for CMarZ sampling of zooplankton in the Indian Ocean. The lead for this program is Nicolas Metzl. [CMarZ contact: Colomban de Vargas]

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S. Pacific Ocean

Hakuho-Maru Cruise KH-04-5 (November 2004 to March 2005) from the Antarctic to tropical North Pacific (170W-line). Samples are available to the CMarZ Network. [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

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N. Pacific Ocean

HOT (Hawaii Ocean Timeseries) cruises: http://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/hot/cruises.html;\
HOT-cruise #169 (May 16 – 20, 2005) [CMarZ contact: Colomban de Vargas]

Seward Line CRUISE PLAN, 8-12 May 2005, Russ Hopcroft

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N. Atlantic Ocean and marginal seas

R/V Bilim; Mediterranean / Aegean Seas, Sea of Marmara; March 2005; Ahmet

Atlantic Meridional Transect cruise #16 (AMT-16: http://www.pml.ac.uk/amt) from Cape Town, South Africa to Falmouth, UK (May 15 - June 25, 2005) [CMarZ contact: Colomban de Vargas]

Icelandic and Norwegian Seas will be sampled during a herring survey by the Marine Research Institute on the R/V Árni Fri_riksson during 17 – 30 May 2005. Cruise details are available a http://www.hafro.is/undir.php?REFID=53&ID=149&REF=1. [CMarZ contact: Astthor Gislason, Institute of Marine Research, Iceland]

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S. Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Meridional Transect cruise #16 (AMT-16: http://www.pml.ac.uk/amt), from Cape Town, South Africa to Falmouth, UK (May 15 - June 25, 2005) [CMarZ contact: Colomban de Vargas]

Pelagic fisheries recruitment survey (May - June 2005) and fisheries spawning biomass surveys (November 2005), off west and south coasts of South Africa. [CMarZ contact: Hans Verheye, Dept. of Environmental Affairs &Tourism, South Africa]

African Coelocanth Ecology Programme (ACEP) off the east coast of South Africa (April 2005). [CMarZ contact: Hans Verheye, Dept. of Environmental Affairs &Tourism, South Africa]

After submitting the cruise information below, please email to ann.bucklin@uconn.edu a WORD or PDF file with planned cruise track and additional detail on observations and collections planned.