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General Info

Schedule Info

Operational Info

Lab Equipment

Navigational Info

Lift Capacity

Fish and Plankton Gear

Meteorological Equipment

Certification Details

Institution & Contact Info

Name: Limnos (C.C.G.S.)
Captain: Jean Cloutier
Length: 147 feet
Beam: 32 feet
Draft: 8.5 feet
Speed: 10 knots
Displacement: 615 tons
Hull: Steel
Year: 1968
Comments:

Month	1st Period	2nd Period
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Crew Size ( inc. Captain ):	14
Number of Scientists Vessel can Accommodate:	14
Field Season:	April to December
Operation Days / Year:	193
Schedule Finalized in:	April

- No, does not contain option. - Yes, contains option.
Science Officer in Crew?:
Crew Provides Onboard Science Support?:
Payment In Kind? Time on Another Ship?
Fuel as a type of "Payment in Kind"?
Needed Equipment as a type of "Payment In Kind"?
"Piggyback" Research Permitted When Possible?
Encourage Crosstraining other Agencies with Vessel and Crew?
Vessel made available to outside Researchers?

Outside Research Payment:	Yes, negotiable

Electrical Power:	60 cycle 110 VAC, 110 VAC stable, 220 on deck-3-phase
Water Supplies:	in-hull, distilled 30 L/hr
Refrigerators / Freezers:	3 refrigerators, 1 walk-in freezer, 1 chest freezer
Incubators / Water Baths:	1 Sea Bird water bath
Vacuum Pumps:	2 filtration systems and pumps
P.H. Meters:	Radiometer
D.O. Meters:	Winkler, YSI
Conductivity:	Radiometer
Lab Space:	670, wet lab = 90 cu ft
Other:

Radar:	2 Decca
GPS:	2 Loran C Micrologic, 2 DGPS-Trimble
Radio:	3 - VHF
Depth Sounders:	Atlas Deso- 19, ELAC Lowrance X-16
Other:	Satellite Telephone

Winches / Cranes:
CTD`s BT`s:	EBTT/Tranmissometer
Niskin Bottles:	Yes
Corers:
Grabs:	Shipek, Ponar
Other:	Sea Bird profiler, temp., depth, conduct.,%T, D.O.,pH,Van Dorn bottles, Knudsen bottles

Trawl Nets:	supplied by researcher(s)
Plankton Nets:	supplied by researcher(s)
Other:

Wind Speed / Direction:	Yes
Thermometer:	Yes
Barometer:	Yes
Other:	supplied by researcher(s)

Institution Required Certification:
Certification Captain:
Certification Crew:
Certification Engineer:

Home Port:	Burlington, Ontario
Home Port Lake:	Lake Ontario
Institution:	Dept. Fisheries and Oceans - Canadian Coast Guard
Contact Name:	Helen Warn
Address:	867 Lakeshore Rd. P.O. Box 5050
City:	Burlington
State / Province:	Ontario
Country:	Canada
Postal / Zip Code:	L7R4A6
Phone:	(905) 336 -4 806
Fax:	(905) 336 - 4819
Email:

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