In 2021, the NF-POGO Shipboard training programme joined efforts with the Eurofleets+, an alliance of European marine research infrastructure which aims to meet the evolving needs of the research and industrial communities. As part of its Marine Internship Programme, the NF-POGO Eurofleets+ uses spare berths offered by Eurofleets+ partners, to offer seagoing placements for students of marine related sciences and technologies.
NF-POGO- Eurofleets+ – DTU Aqua
The National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) is responsible for the Danish contribution to the International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) and the Baltic International Trawl Survey (BITS), surveys conducted in the North and Baltic seas, respectively, with the objective of assessment of commercial fish stocks.
IBTS and BITS campaigns are conducted periodically onboard the R/V Dana, a versatile multi-purpose vessel managed by DTU Aqua. During the campaigns, 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.
Fellows onboard R/V DANA cruises
DANA – BITS 2021 – Joseph Sebastian (India, Asia)
DANA – IESNS 2022 – Luisa Reis de Souza (Brazil, Latin America)
DANA – IBTS 2023 – Maria Luz Torres Alberto (Argentina, Latin America)
NF-POGO- Eurofleets+ – CCMAR
The SINES cruise is part of a multidisciplinary effort for the study of Climate Change impacts on ocean fronts ecosystems. The overall objective of the expedition was to identify the changes and risks for marine ecosystem services deriving from the potential impact of climate change on upwelling fronts. We focused on the ecosystem variability of the Iberian margin Canary Current upwelling system through a holistic and integrative research approach, joining forefront remote technologies to in situ monitoring and numerical modelling. Our aim was to address ecosystem-societal interactions through the identification of the best quantifiable descriptors that are essential for sustainable management.
Our proposed multidisciplinary expedition was carried out along a section located across an upwelling front between 37ºN 9ºW and 38ºN 12ºW in the western Iberian Margin. We measured full-depth water column properties and collect seawater, live plankton and sediments samples in six stations from the shelf to the open ocean
Fellows onboard R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa cruises