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Fishing and dredging nets
Agassis Trawl
Goal	Collecting benthic mega-fauna in the deep sea
Specification	Net opening:     3 x 1 m Mesh size:       1 x 1 cm Closing door mechanism to avoid catching pelagic fish/plankton Weight dry:       1.500 kg Max depth:       6.000 m
Remarks	-
Reservation/contact	Marc Lavaleye
Beam Trawl
Goal	Bottom trawl to collect fish and epifauna
Specification	Width:              3, 2 or 1 m Mesh size:       5 x 5 mm Dry weight:       300 kg (3 m beam)
Remarks	This equipment is NOT part of the MRF equipment pool
Reservation/contact	Magda Bergman (3 m), Hans Witte (1 & 2 m)
Triangular Dredge
Goal	Catching bottom material from rough seabeds
Specification	Opening:          1 m triangle Mesh size:       2 x 2 cm Dry weight:       150 kg Max depth:       6.000 m 3 dredges available
Remarks	-
Reservation/contact	Marc Lavaleye
Recovery of triangular dredge
Rectangular Midwater Trawl net  (RMT-1+8 net)
Goal	Large pelagic net for collecting fish and plankton
Specification	Separate fish and plankton net Plankton net: -          Net opening:     1 m² -          Mesh size:       300 μm Fish and nekton net -          Net opening:     8 m² -          Mesh size:       5 x 5 mm Acoustic actuated closing mechanism Readout via acoustic modem: -          Temperature -          Depth -          Tow speed -          Net status Total height: 13 m Total weight: appr 1.000 kg
Remarks	The RMT-net is currently NOT direct available
Reservation/contact	Hans Witte
RMT-net
Multinet
Goal	Collecting zoo plankton at 5 different depths
Specification	Net opening = 0.25 m² Several mesh sizes: -          100 μm -          200 μm -          500 μm Actuating via conductor tow cable Readout via tow cable -          Temperature -          Depth -          Tow speed -          Fluorometer (optional) Max depth:       1,000 m Height:             2.5 m Weight:            200 kg
Remarks	Conductor tow cable is needed
Reservation/contact	Swier Oosterhuis
Hydrobios WP-2 plankton net
Goal	Collecting of zoo plankton (vertical fishing)
Specification	Net opening:     diameter 60 cm Mesh size:       200 μm Deployed from idle ship
Remarks	-
Reservation/contact	Swier Oosterhuis
Hydrobios WP-2 plankton net
Isaac-Kid net
Goal	Pelagic fishing of nekton, plankton and fish eggs
Specification	Net opening:     8.2 m² Mesh size:       2 x 2 mm or 5 x 5 mm Beam width:     2.5 m Height:             7 m
Remarks	-
Reservation/contact	Hans Witte
Isaac-Kid net