A technological reference at the service of sustainable management of the sea
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The fisheries and oceanographic research vessel, HANNIBAL
was acquired by the National Institute for the Sciences and
Technologies of the Sea [INSTM] in December 1998, within the
framework of the Tunisian Japanese cooperation [non-repayable
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This unit was built in Japan in the shipyards of Niigat
Engineering Co, LTD. The vessel is 33,7 m long and 7,6 m wide,
it can accommodate 20 people [13 crew members and 7 scientists]
and has an autonomy of 15 days |
The ship is equipped with sophisticated navigation, oceanographic and fisheries research equipment, researchers can thus conduct :
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pelagic and bottom trawling up to a depth of 800 meters, and pelagic resource surveys using scientific echo-sounders.. |
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taking samples of sediments, phytoplankton and water up to a depth of 4000 meters |
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the continuous measurement of salinity, temperature and other hydo-biologic parameters
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The Hannibal ship makes it possible for INSTM to fully play its role in the promotion of marine research in Tunisia and in the Mediterranean.
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