RV Corella 13/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 13/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-10-30 — 1979-11-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To survey Nephrops distribution and abundance, in the fishery off the
northeast coast, and record by-catch fish species. 2. To check Nephrops escape through various parts of a fish/prawn trawl 3. To make videotape recordings of Nephrops and burrows using DAFS video sledge (if available for loan). 4. To observe mortalities among Nephrops tagged with various types of persistent tags. 5. To examine all cod stomachs for Nephrops prey. 6. To obtain additional information on Nephrops stock around Silver Pit/ Botney Gut. 7. By-catch observations, including otolith sampling. |
| Chief scientist | P J Warren (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 35 |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 35 |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of experiments = 5 |
