SA_Tuna Project

Moorings Recovery August 2006

Recovery

Monday 14th August 2006

Left Port Adelaide on the R.V.Ngerin at approx 11:00 am bound for Wedge Island where
the boat anchored to wait for daylight.
After recovering mooring 3 the vessel made its way to Pt Lincoln where it picked up 4
Sardi personnel and equipment for the trip back to Adelaide.
Moorings 4, 5 & 6 were recovered on Tuesday afternoon however the weather
deteriorated over the next 24 hours making it impossible to complete the water sampling
at Mooring 3.
Wind gusts of up to 58 kts, and significant seas, were experienced on the trip back to
Adelaide.

Mooring1
Mooring 1 was recovered from Carchs Rock prior to the Ngerin trip and loaded on board
at Pt Lincoln.
Data Files:-

SBE37#3028_150806Rec.cap SBE37#3028_150806.asc

Mooring 2
Due to weather constraints this instrument will be recovered in the next couple of weeks
and shipped back to Hobart.

Mooring 3
Mooring 3 was recovered at approx 07:55 Tues 15th Aug. Conditions were 10Kt 15 Kt
NE wind on a low to moderate swell.
The mooring was recovered without incident and initial inspection showed internal
fouling of the conductivity sensor. (Part of this data set may be compromised)
Data Files:-

SBE26#0408_150806.hex SBE26#0408_150806.tid SBE26#0408_150806.wb

SBE26#0408Rec.cap Plotdata.psa SBE37_#2973_150806.asc SBE37_#2973_150806.cap

Mooring 4

Mooring 4 was recovered off Rabbit Island at approx 14:40 Tues 15th August.
There was a significant amount of weed growing on the SBE19 instrument package and
its associated mooring wire. Light data would be suspect for this instrument, however the
fluorometer window looked in good condition.
The ADCP was stopped at 17:07 local time.
Data Files:-

#4537_150806.cnv #4537_150806.hex #5437_150806.cap Datcnv.psa Dpl04000.000

Mooring 5

Mooring 5 was recovered off Boston Island at approx 13:15. This package had minimal
amounts of fouling on it and should contain valid data.
The Nortek was stopped at 4:42 utc.
Data Files:-

ASP1041_150806M5_3.adp ASP1041_150806M5_3.prf ASP1041_150806M5_4.adp

ASP1041_150806M5_4.prf ASP1041_150806M5_1.adp ASP1041_150806M5_1.prf

 ASP1041_150806M5_2.adp ASP1041_150806M5_2.prf #4533_150806.hex

#4533_150806Rec.cap #4533_150806.cnv

Mooring 6

Mooring 6 was recovered of Donnington at approx 15:45 15th August with significant
amounts of weed growing on it, this unit will have similar concerns regarding data as
mooring 4.
The SBE 19 was stopped at 19:06 local.
Data Files:-

SBE19+#4536_150806Rec.cap #4536.psa #4536_150806.cnv #4536_150806.hex

The Ngerin arrived at Adelaide at approx 20:00 16th August. All the instruments and
moorings were packaged up on 6 pallets for shipping back to Hobart

Once again I would like to thanks the crew of the Ngerin for their efforts in making this
recovery as successful as it was.

The data from the recovery trip has been copied onto CD and given to Mike.

Phillip Adams
21/8/2006