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RV Corystes COR2A/95
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
Cruise identifier | COR2A/95 |
Cruise period | 1995-01-27 — 1995-02-09 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To determine the size and age composition of mackerel in and around the 'mackerel box'. Very little time was available for sampling and no mackerel were caught.
2. To determine the proportion mature by size and age group of the sole and plaice populations in the Irish Sea. Completed successfully 3. To obtain sole, cod and plaice gonads for the determination of fecundity, atresia and spawning duration. |
Chief scientist | Michael Gregg Pawson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | Western English Channel and Irish Sea |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 17 Description: Surface S only |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 64 |