RV Corella 13/78
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 13/78 |
| Cruise period | 1978-09-28 — 1978-10-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a high speed townet survey for herring larvae in the western portion of the central North Sea between the Farne Islands and Humber entrance.
2. To carry out mid-water trawling to identify pelagic fish traces and collect material for fecundity and biological studies on herring. 3. To freeze-dry samples of clupeid larvae for biochemical studies (Dr Greer Walker). 4. To test the acoustic towed body. |
| Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.33 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 103 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 103 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 103 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 103 Description: monitoring,distribution |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: track kilometres = 2222.4 |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: DNA-RNA concentrations |
