RV Corella 6a/81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 6a/81 |
| Cruise period | 1981-04-23 — 1981-05-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fleetwood, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To fish 600 mesh fish/prawn trawls with 60mm and 70mm codend mesh sizes at stations off the Cumbrian and N Irish coasts. Trawls will be fitted with full codend covers.
2. To conduct survival experiments over 24h periods with trawl caught Nephrops. 3. To hold and return live Nephrops to Burnham and Conwy laboratories. 4. To determine seabed water and sediment temperatures. |
| Chief scientist | P J Warren (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Off Cumbrian and N Iteland coasts |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 46 |
