Expeditions

Bertarelli Foundation Pelagic Research Expedition I

Field of study

Pelagic fish, satellite tagging, acoustic tagging

Vessel(s)

M/Y Vava 2

Funder(s)

Bertarelli Foundation

Start

/2013

End

//2013

Description

Two consecutive field trips to Chagos on Vava II focussed on pelagic fish, satellite tagging and acoustic tagging. The first expedition from 04/02/13-14/02/13 included tagging fish and sharks and installing the acoustic receiever array. The second trip from 11/02/13-23/03/13 foccued on array installation. This trip also included a small documentary crew.

Expedition leader

David Tickler

Expedition leader email

Members

• David Tickler
• Barbara Block
• Robert Schallert
• Jessica Meeuwig

Publications

• Tagging of Pelagics - 2013

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