[1] The RV Pelagia is due to be replaced but on 14 April 2022 a Dutch court ruled that the original contract must be amended,[2] resulting in a delay of the final tender for the replacement that will bear the name RV Anna Weber-van Bosse, after the Netherlands' first female marine biologist to conduct research at sea.

[3] The NIOZ is a Dutch research institute in the field of oceanographic sciences.

Usually these are remotely operated vehicle like appliances like a CTD or a piston core.

Furthermore, there is fixed research equipment placed on board the Pelagia like an aquaflow, multibeam, HIPAP and ADCP for carrying out continuous survey.

In 2010 the Pelagia received an overhaul and upgrade at the Astander Shipyard in Santander, Spain.