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RV Corystes COR9/88
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
Cruise identifier | COR9/88 |
Cruise period | 1988-11-11 — 1988-11-28 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Trials |
Objectives | 1. Sector scanner trials: to evaluate the new scan converter.
2. To study the migration of plaice moving towards their spawning grounds in the eastern channel. 3. To collect blood and tissues from cod for DNA analysis. 4. To collect sole ovaries for fecundity analysis. All the aims were successfully completed. |
Chief scientist | Michael Greer-Walker (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | E. Anglian coast/South Falls/Dover Strait |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 50 |