Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 4A/77 |
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Cruise period | 1977-02-25 — 1977-03-11 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | 1. To tag spawning cod off Flamborough.
2. To carry out a simultaneous trawl and acoustic survey of the area off Flamborough using the Granton trawl and the Triton echo-sounding gear.
3. To identify the main acoustic target types in the area by fishing and to describe their behaviour over a 24 hour period.
4. To collect ovaries of cod, plaice, lemon sole and whiting for fecundity work and to collect samples of cod blood.
5. To collect live dabs (15 cm+) and turbot - Dr Htun Han.
6. To freeze a variety of fish samples for use on a fish identification course - Mr Blacker.
7. To collect 6 to 12 live elasmobranchs for tracking work using the sonic tag - Dr Greer Walker.
8. to freeze 20 I-group fish of each gadoid species caught - Mr Child.
9. To collect 2000-5000 live plaice eggs using the 2m stramin net - Mr Thompson.
10. to test the MAFF inductive salinometer. |
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Chief scientist | R G Houghton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.18 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 59 Description: survey:spatial & temporal distribution |