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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=10553' target='_blank'>Sigma-T</a> from CANADA. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Mathieu Ouellet (Mathieu.Ouellet@dfo-mpo.gc.ca)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 18T1
<br />Name : <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=10553' target='_blank'>Sigma-T</a>
<br />Flag : CANADA - CA (ISO Country Code)
<br />Title : M/V
<br />Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
<br />Commissioned Date : 1966
<br />Decommissioned Date : 1992
<br />Current Length : 14.6
<br />Built : 1963
<br />Notes : Fishing vessel, purchased by the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in 1966 and converted to biological and physical oceanographic work in nearshore waters. Used until as late as 1992. WOD Code 1001.
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<br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - www.bio.gc.ca/info/documents/65672-66.pdf‎
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<br /><b>Multiple Hull Info:</b>
<br /><b>18SG</b> - SIGMA-T
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />WOD uses one platform code, 1001, for data collected by both old (1966 to max 2007) and new (2008 to now) ships named SIGMA-T. Everything before 2008 should be assigned to the old SIGMA-T.
<br />(Mathieu Ouellet 29/01/2014 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Kind regards,
<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
<br />Email: accessions@ices.dk
<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk
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<br />Tel: +45 3338 6718 Fax: +45 3393 4215
<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46
<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark
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<br /><a href="http://admin.ices.dk/requests" target="_new">ICES Platform Code Requests Application</a>
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<br /></p><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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