RV Tellina 10A/73 & 10B/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 10A/73 & 10B/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-09-06 — 1973-10-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To determine the inshore distribution and abundance of young fish by 2-metre beam trawl and push-net.
2. To sample for pelagic fish eggs and larvae using a 50 cm high-speed townet and/or neuston net when time and conditions permit. 3. To catch young pelagic fish using a prototype high-speed midwater net (TELLINA). 4. To make comparative tows using 2-metre and 4-metre beam trawls (TELLINA). 5. To collect samples of 0-group and i-group plaice for Mr K Wilson (Burnham). 6. To collect samples of 0-group plaice and sole from the River Humber area for Mr N Milner (NERC Student). |
| Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | 51-25N;00-30E to 51-35N;01-00E and transit from 51-35N;01-00E to 53-40N;00-20W |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 200 |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Description: thermal pollution cambridge recorder during entire cruise |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 10 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: 10 |
| Pelagic fish | Description: young fish |
| Demersal fish | Description: young fish |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements |
