RV Corella 12/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 12/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-10-04 — 1979-10-17 |
| 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 over 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 preserve material for biological studies. |
| Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of samples = 107 Description: surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 107 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 107 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 107 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 Description: 1500nm distribution survey |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: track kilometres = 2778 |
