CCGS W. E. Ricker

History
Canada
Name: W.E. Ricker
Operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Port of registry: Ottawa, Ontario
Builder: Narasaki Senpakukogyo Limited, Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
Yard number: 372369
Christened: Callistratus
Acquired: 1984
Commissioned: 1978
Recommissioned: 1986
In service: 1978-present
Renamed: W.E. Ricker
Homeport: Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C.
Identification: CG2965
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Type: Offshore Fishery Science Vessel
Displacement: 1,104.5 tonnes (1,217.503 short tons)
Length: 58 m (190 ft 3 in)
Beam: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Draft: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Ice class: 100 A1
Propulsion: DieselAkasaka AH 40 - 6 cyl engine
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Range: 6,000 nmi (11,000 km)
Endurance: 50 days
Complement: 19 plus up to 10 scientists

The CCGS W.E. Ricker is a Canadian Coast Guard offshore fisheries research vessel. The vessel was built in 1978 by Narasaki Senpakukogyo Limited of Muroran Hokkaido, Japan. . She previously sailed as the Callistratus.[1] The ship sails with seven officers, a crew of 12 and up to 10 science crew.

Originally intended for use as a factory trawler to participate in emerging North Pacific fisheries (Pacific Hake, Turbot and Rockfish) resulting from extension of Canada's exclusive economic zone to 200nm offshore, she was purchased by the Government of Canada in 1984 from the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-op. In 1986, following extensive modifications and re-commissioning, the W.E. Ricker was launched as the newest DFO science research trawler on the Pacific coast (to replace the G.B. Reed). The vessel has served on joint scientific voyages with US scientists and annually contributes scientific data to inform fisheries science on the Pacific coast and around the world. Her home port is at the Pacific Biological Station Nanaimo, B.C.

The vessel is named after William Edwin (Bill) Ricker OC, FRSC, LLD, DSc (1908-2001), a distinguished Canadian fisheries scientist, editor and taxonomist who is most well-known for his mathematical model of fish population dynamics, originally published in 1975 (and still used extensively by fisheries scientists to this day).

In September 2009 the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced invitations for contracts to replace several of the Coast Guards research vessels, including the W.E. Ricker.[2] Her replacement will be larger with full fisheries research and oceanographic sampling capabilities. She will be staffed by a crew of 25, and will be able to carry an additional science crew of 18. Originally scheduled to be completed in 2011, delivery of the replacement vessel is now expected early in 2018.

CGS Base Patricia Bay

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References

[2]

  1. ↑ "Registration". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  2. 1 2 "Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel and Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel: Joint Solicitation of Interest and Qualifications". Canadian American Strategic Review. September 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
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