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RV Corystes COR10/93
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
Cruise identifier | COR10/93 |
Cruise period | 1993-09-02 — 1993-09-27 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To carry out beam trawl surveys in the Irish Sea, Bristol Channel and Celtic Sea.
2. To tag pre-recruit sole and plaice in Tremadoc Bay. 3. To repeat tows carried out on RVs BELGICA and ISIS in the southern North Sea to compare catch rates of demersal fish species. |
Chief scientist | David J Symonds (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel |
Specific | North Sea, Irish Sea, Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 25 Description: continuous |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of samples = 60 Description: salinity samples |
Biology and fisheries | |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 142 Description: 30 minute tows using 4m beam trawl. |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 192 Description: tagged plaice were released in Carmarthen Bay. |