RV Corystes COR14B/96
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR14B/96 |
| Cruise period | 1996-11-15 — 1996-11-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an acoustic search using echo sounders and sonar, and a fishing survey in and around the restricted area commonly referred to as the south-west mackerel box to obtain information on:
a) the distribution, size, age and maturity of mackerel; b) the distribution and size composition of other pelagic species; c) the size composition of all other by-catch species caught. |
| Chief scientist | John H Nichols (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.34 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Specific | western English Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: midwater trawl stations |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: handlining for mackerel |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: activity duration in days = 10 Description: echo survey for pelagic species |
