RV Corella 14/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 14/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-11-29 — 1979-12-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out groundfish surveys of the eastern and western English
Channel. 2. To collect sediment samples at the groundfish survey stations in the western channel. 3. To collect plaice ovaries for fecundity work (Dr Bannister). 4. To collect mixed gadoids for fish food (Dr Lincoln). 5. To collect a variety of fish for the fish identification course (Mr Blacker). 6. To complete 3 trawl hauls in the southern North Sea for pre-recruit abundance estimation (Mr Jones). |
| Chief scientist | R G Houghton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.26 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 30 Description: S surface 30 T bottom |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 30 |
