RV Corystes COR14/92
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR14/92 |
| Cruise period | 1992-12-10 — 1992-12-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To conduct a post-dredging survey at an experimental site off Norfolk, using Hamon grab, scallop dredge, side-scan sonar and underwater camera sledge.
2. To sample the sediments and benthos at NSTF sites in the south-eastern North Sea, along with sediments in the Elbe, by grab, core and trawl. 3. To sample the sediments and benthos at NMP/NSTF sites in the English Channel using grab and trawl. 4. To conduct surveys of sediments and litter at the Isle of Wight, Exeter and Plymouth sewage-sludge disposal sites using grab and beam trawl. Additional aims: 5. To collect meiofauna samples from gravel substrates off Norfolk. 6. To collect flatfish from the German Bight for contaminant analyses. 7. To test and 'ground-truth' the Roxann sediment discrimination system. |
| Chief scientist | Hubert Llewelyn Rees (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Project | NSTF |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea, English Channel. |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 17 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 13 |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 124 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of surveys = 3 |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: underwater camera |
